MSBIAS taxon details
Leucosolenia variabilis Haeckel, 1870
132233 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132233)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191.
page(s): 182 [details]
(of ) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60).
page(s): 106 [details]
page(s): 182 [details]
(of ) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60).
page(s): 106 [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Leucosolenia variabilis Haeckel, 1870. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132233 on 2026-02-17
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Leucosolenia variabilis Haeckel, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132233 on 2026-02-17
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original description
Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191.
page(s): 182 [details]
original description (of ) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60).
page(s): 106 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 44 [details]
additional source Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors
additional source Boury-Esnault, N. (1971). Spongiaires de la zone rocheuse de Banyuls-sur-Mer. II. Systématique. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 22(2): 287-349.
page(s): 292 [details] Available for editors
additional source Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00989.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Descatoire, A. (1969). Peuplements sessiles de l'Archipel de Glénan de l'infralittoral rocheux. I. - Inventaire: Spongiaires. <em>Vie et Milieu (B, Océanographie).</em> 20 (1B): 177-209.
page(s): 179 [details] Available for editors
additional source Sarà, M. (1958). Studio sui Poriferi di una grotta di marea del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Archivo Zoologico Italiano.</em> 43: 203-281, pls I-II.
page(s): 219-220; fig 2 [details] Available for editors
additional source Stephens, J. (1912). A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and the Adjoining District. Marine Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31 (Section 3, Part 59): 1-42.
page(s): 9-10 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1934). Aperçu de la faune des Eponges calcaires de la Méditerranée. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 659: 1-20.
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Carballo, J.L.; Garcia-Gómez, J.C. (1994). Esponjas del Estrecho de Gibraltar y áreas próximas, con nuevas aportaciones para la fauna Iberica [Porifera from the Straits of Gibraltar and nearby areas, new species of the Iberian fauna]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 35(2): 193-211. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 195 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1925). Éponges de l'Étang de Thau. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 452, 1-42.
page(s): 4-6 [details] Available for editors
additional source Koolwijk, T. van. (1982). Calcareous sponges of the Netherlands (Porifera, Calcarea). <em>Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 8 (12), 89-98.
page(s): 90-91 [details]
additional source Rapp, H.T. (2015). A monograph of the calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) of Greenland. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95 (7), 1395-1459., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413001070
page(s): 1415 [details] Available for editors
additional source Scalera-Liaci, L.; Sciscioli, M.; Fiordiponti, F. (1976). Distribuzione dei Poriferi del mar Piccolo di Taronto. <em>Oebalia.</em> 2, 3-19.
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors
additional source Augier, H. (1985). Première contribution à l'étude et à la cartographie des biocénoses marines benthiques de l'île de Madère. <em>Boletim do Museu municipal do Funchal.</em> 97, 86-129.
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors
additional source Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
page(s): 123-127; Lám. 3c [details] Available for editors
additional source Girard-Descatoire, A.; Castric-Fey, A.; L'Hardy-Halos, M.T. (1995). Inventaire de la Faune et de la Flore sur les fonds rocheux autour de l'île d'Ouessant. Rapport ADMS, Direction Régionale de l'Environnement Bretagne, Conseil Régional de Bretagne, Conseil Général du Finistère, Fonds Européens, Rennes., 148pp. Convention ZNIEFF 94.
page(s): Annexe 1, 8 [details]
additional source Ereskovsky, A.; Morozov, G. (2025). Checklist of sponges (Porifera) from the White Sea, Arctic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5584(1): 71-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.1.4
page(s): 76 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 182 [details]
original description (of ) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60).
page(s): 106 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 44 [details]
additional source Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors
additional source Boury-Esnault, N. (1971). Spongiaires de la zone rocheuse de Banyuls-sur-Mer. II. Systématique. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 22(2): 287-349.
page(s): 292 [details] Available for editors
additional source Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00989.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Descatoire, A. (1969). Peuplements sessiles de l'Archipel de Glénan de l'infralittoral rocheux. I. - Inventaire: Spongiaires. <em>Vie et Milieu (B, Océanographie).</em> 20 (1B): 177-209.
page(s): 179 [details] Available for editors
additional source Sarà, M. (1958). Studio sui Poriferi di una grotta di marea del Golfo di Napoli. <em>Archivo Zoologico Italiano.</em> 43: 203-281, pls I-II.
page(s): 219-220; fig 2 [details] Available for editors
additional source Stephens, J. (1912). A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and the Adjoining District. Marine Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31 (Section 3, Part 59): 1-42.
page(s): 9-10 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1934). Aperçu de la faune des Eponges calcaires de la Méditerranée. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 659: 1-20.
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Carballo, J.L.; Garcia-Gómez, J.C. (1994). Esponjas del Estrecho de Gibraltar y áreas próximas, con nuevas aportaciones para la fauna Iberica [Porifera from the Straits of Gibraltar and nearby areas, new species of the Iberian fauna]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 35(2): 193-211. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 195 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1925). Éponges de l'Étang de Thau. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 452, 1-42.
page(s): 4-6 [details] Available for editors
additional source Koolwijk, T. van. (1982). Calcareous sponges of the Netherlands (Porifera, Calcarea). <em>Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 8 (12), 89-98.
page(s): 90-91 [details]
additional source Rapp, H.T. (2015). A monograph of the calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) of Greenland. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95 (7), 1395-1459., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413001070
page(s): 1415 [details] Available for editors
additional source Scalera-Liaci, L.; Sciscioli, M.; Fiordiponti, F. (1976). Distribuzione dei Poriferi del mar Piccolo di Taronto. <em>Oebalia.</em> 2, 3-19.
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors
additional source Augier, H. (1985). Première contribution à l'étude et à la cartographie des biocénoses marines benthiques de l'île de Madère. <em>Boletim do Museu municipal do Funchal.</em> 97, 86-129.
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors
additional source Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
page(s): 123-127; Lám. 3c [details] Available for editors
additional source Girard-Descatoire, A.; Castric-Fey, A.; L'Hardy-Halos, M.T. (1995). Inventaire de la Faune et de la Flore sur les fonds rocheux autour de l'île d'Ouessant. Rapport ADMS, Direction Régionale de l'Environnement Bretagne, Conseil Régional de Bretagne, Conseil Général du Finistère, Fonds Européens, Rennes., 148pp. Convention ZNIEFF 94.
page(s): Annexe 1, 8 [details]
additional source Ereskovsky, A.; Morozov, G. (2025). Checklist of sponges (Porifera) from the White Sea, Arctic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5584(1): 71-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.1.4
page(s): 76 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | calcareous tube-sponge | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucosolenia variabilis)
To GenBank (80 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucosolenia variabilis)
To GenBank (80 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records)
To ITIS