MSBIAS name details
Haliclona simulans (Johnston, 1842)
236331 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236331)
alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582 [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. Haliclona simulans (Johnston, 1842). 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=236331 on 2026-10-12
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. Haliclona simulans (Johnston, 1842). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236331 on 2026-10-12
Date
action
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original description
(of ) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582 [details]
basis of record de Weerdt, W.H. (1986). A systematic revision of the north-eastern Atlantic shallow-water Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae): 2. Chalinidae. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 36(6): 81-165. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 97-104 [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): 143-144 [details]
additional source Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78.
page(s): 71 [details] Available for editors
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): 28 [details] Available for editors
additional source de Weerdt, W.H. (1987). The marine shallow-water Chalinidae (Haplosclerida, Porifera) of the British Iles. <i>In</i>: Jones WC (ed) European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. <em>Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station.</em> 1: 74-108. [details]
additional source Kefalas, E.; Castritsi-Catharios, I; Miliou, H. (2003). The impacts of scallop dredging on sponge assemblages in the Gulf of Kalloni (Aegean Sea, northeastern Mediterranean). <em>ICES Journal of Marine Science.</em> 60, 402-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s1054-3139(03)00012-2
page(s): 406 [details] Available for editors
additional source Naveiro Millán, A. (2002). Poríferos de la costa da Arrábida (Portugal). Clase Demospongiae. <em>Tesina Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 165 pp.
page(s): 123-125 Figura 56 [details] Available for editors
additional source Voultsiadou, E. (2005). Sponge diversity in the Aegean Sea: Check list and new information. <em>Italian Zoology.</em> 72 (1): 53-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250000509356653
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Bowerbank, J.S. (1861). List of British sponges. <i>In</i>: McAndrew, R. (Ed.), List of the British marine invertebrate fauna. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 30: 235-236. [details]
basis of record de Weerdt, W.H. (1986). A systematic revision of the north-eastern Atlantic shallow-water Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae): 2. Chalinidae. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 36(6): 81-165. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 97-104 [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): 143-144 [details]
additional source Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78.
page(s): 71 [details] Available for editors
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): 28 [details] Available for editors
additional source de Weerdt, W.H. (1987). The marine shallow-water Chalinidae (Haplosclerida, Porifera) of the British Iles. <i>In</i>: Jones WC (ed) European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. <em>Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station.</em> 1: 74-108. [details]
additional source Kefalas, E.; Castritsi-Catharios, I; Miliou, H. (2003). The impacts of scallop dredging on sponge assemblages in the Gulf of Kalloni (Aegean Sea, northeastern Mediterranean). <em>ICES Journal of Marine Science.</em> 60, 402-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s1054-3139(03)00012-2
page(s): 406 [details] Available for editors
additional source Naveiro Millán, A. (2002). Poríferos de la costa da Arrábida (Portugal). Clase Demospongiae. <em>Tesina Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 165 pp.
page(s): 123-125 Figura 56 [details] Available for editors
additional source Voultsiadou, E. (2005). Sponge diversity in the Aegean Sea: Check list and new information. <em>Italian Zoology.</em> 72 (1): 53-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250000509356653
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Bowerbank, J.S. (1861). List of British sponges. <i>In</i>: McAndrew, R. (Ed.), List of the British marine invertebrate fauna. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 30: 235-236. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona simulans)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona simulans)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To ITIS