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Chalina Bowerbank, 1862

Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) preserved neotype
Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) preserved neotype

131830  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131830)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Haplosclerida (Order)
  7. Chalinidae (Family)
  8. Chalina (Genus)
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  1. Species Chalina algicola (Thiele, 1905) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) algicola (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
  2. Species Chalina altera (Topsent, 1901) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) altera (Topsent, 1901)
  3. Species Chalina amoyensis Brøndsted, 1929 accepted as Chalinula amoyensis (Brøndsted, 1929) (genus transfer)
  4. Species Chalina anceps (Thiele, 1905) accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) anceps (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
  5. Species Chalina arbuscula Verrill, 1873 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer & junior homonym)
  6. Species Chalina arenosa Carter, 1882 accepted as Haliclona arenosa (Carter, 1882) (genus transfer)
  7. Species Chalina auletta (Thiele, 1905) accepted as Haliclona (Soestella) auletta (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
  8. Species Chalina bandae Brøndsted, 1934 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) monilata (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  9. Species Chalina cervicornis (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer)
  10. Species Chalina chalinoides (Carter, 1875) accepted as Haliclona chalinoides (Carter, 1875) (genus transfer)
  11. Species Chalina clathrata Dendy, 1905 accepted as Callyspongia clathrata (Dendy, 1905) (genus transfer)
  12. Species Chalina compressa Carter, 1885 accepted as Callyspongia compressa (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer)
  13. Species Chalina compressa (Esper, 1797) accepted as Isodictya compressa (Esper, 1797) (genus transfer)
  14. Species Chalina confusa Dendy, 1922 accepted as Chalinula confusa (Dendy, 1922) (genus transfer)
  15. Species Chalina coppingeri Ridley, 1881 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) coppingeri (Ridley, 1881) (genus transfer)
  16. Species Chalina crassiloba (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Chalinula crassiloba (Lamarck, 1814)
  17. Species Chalina cymaeformis (Esper, 1806) accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) cymaeformis (Esper, 1806)
  18. Species Chalina dancoi (Topsent, 1901) accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) dancoi (Topsent, 1901)
  19. Species Chalina digitata sensu Carter, 1882 accepted as Haliclona arenosa (Carter, 1882) (genus transfer)
  20. Species Chalina digitata Schmidt, 1866 accepted as Ulosa digitata (Schmidt, 1866) (genus transfer)
  21. Species Chalina elastica Kieschnick, 1898 accepted as Haliclona elastica (Kieschnick, 1898) (genus transfer)
  22. Species Chalina elongata (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Ulosa elongata (Lamarck, 1814)
  23. Species Chalina fangophila Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Haliclona fangophila (Schmidt, 1880)
  24. Species Chalina finitima Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Chalinula finitima (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer)
  25. Species Chalina finitima sensu Whitelegge, 1901 accepted as Dragmacidon clathriforme (Lendenfeld, 1888) (genus transfer)
  26. Species Chalina fistulosa Kirk, 1911 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) fistulosa (Kirk, 1911) (genus transfer)
  27. Species Chalina flemingii Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (junior synonym and genus transfer)
  28. Species Chalina fusifera Thiele, 1905 accepted as Callyspongia fusifera (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
  29. Species Chalina gracilenta Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Chalinula limbata (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  30. Species Chalina grantii Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  31. Species Chalina groenlandica Fristedt, 1887 accepted as Haliclona groenlandica (Fristedt, 1887) (genus transfer)
  32. Species Chalina inepta (Thiele, 1905) accepted as Haliclona inepta (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
  33. Species Chalina inornata Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Ulosa digitata (Schmidt, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  34. Species Chalina intersepta Topsent, 1928 accepted as Siphonochalina intersepta (Topsent, 1928) (genus transfer)
  35. Species Chalina ligulata Whitelegge, 1901 accepted as Callyspongia ligulata (Whitelegge, 1901) (genus transfer)
  36. Species Chalina limbata (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Chalinula limbata (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer)
  37. Species Chalina mauritiana Carter, 1885 accepted as Petrosia (Strongylophora) mauritiana (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer)
  38. Species Chalina minor Row, 1911 accepted as Haliclona ramusculoides (Topsent, 1893) (genus transfer & junior homonym)
  39. Species Chalina monilata Ridley, 1884 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) monilata (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
  40. Species Chalina moniliformis Carter, 1885 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  41. Species Chalina montaguii (Fleming, 1828) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer & junior homonym)
  42. Species Chalina nuda (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) nuda (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
  43. Species Chalina obtusispiculifera Dendy, 1905 accepted as Niphates obtusispiculifera (Dendy, 1905) (genus transfer)
  44. Species Chalina oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer)
  45. Species Chalina palmata (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) nuda (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer and preoccupied)
  46. Species Chalina penicillata (Topsent, 1908) accepted as Haliclona penicillata (Topsent, 1908) (genus transfer)
  47. Species Chalina pergamentacea (Ridley, 1881) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) pergamentacea (Ridley, 1881)
  48. Species Chalina polychotoma Carter, 1885 accepted as Haliclona polychotoma (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer)
  49. Species Chalina pulcherrima Fristedt, 1885 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) urceolus (Rathke & Vahl, 1806) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  50. Species Chalina pulvinata Lindgren, 1897 accepted as Callyspongia (Euplacella) pulvinata (Lindgren, 1897) (genus transfer)
  51. Species Chalina pulvinatae Lindgren, 1879 accepted as Callyspongia (Euplacella) pulvinata (Lindgren, 1897) (genus transfer and spelling correction)
  52. Species Chalina pulvinatus Lindgren, 1898 accepted as Callyspongia (Euplacella) pulvinata (Lindgren, 1897) (genus transfer and spelling correction)
  53. Species Chalina ramosa (Grant, 1843) accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) nuda (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer and preoccupied)
  54. Species Chalina rectangularis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Haliclona rectangularis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  55. Species Chalina repens Carter, 1886 accepted as Dactylia carteri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (genus transfer and preoccupied)
  56. Species Chalina robusta Carter, 1885 accepted as Amphimedon robusta (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer and raised status)
  57. Species Chalina rubens (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Amphimedon nodosa (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  58. Species Chalina seriata (sensu Johnston, 1842) accepted as Ophlitaspongia papilla Bowerbank, 1866
  59. Species Chalina similis Topsent, 1897 accepted as Haliclona similis (Topsent, 1897) (genus transfer)
  60. Species Chalina similis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Neopetrosia similis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  61. Species Chalina simulans (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer)
  62. Species Chalina sorongae Brøndsted, 1934 accepted as Haliclona sorongae (Brøndsted, 1934) (genus transfer)
  63. Species Chalina spatula Lundbeck, 1902 accepted as Cladocroce spatula (Lundbeck, 1902) (genus transfer)
  64. Species Chalina spiculifera Whitelegge, 1901 accepted as Callyspongia spiculifera (Whitelegge, 1901) (genus transfer)
  65. Species Chalina spinifera Carter, 1887 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) spinifera (Carter, 1887) (genus transfer)
  66. Species Chalina spongiosissima Topsent, 1908 accepted as Haliclona spongiosissima (Topsent, 1908) (genus transfer)
  67. Species Chalina subarmigera (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) subarmigera (Ridley, 1884)
  68. Species Chalina tenuiramosa Burton, 1930 accepted as Haliclona tenuiramosa (Burton, 1930) (genus transfer)
  69. Species Chalina topsenti (Thiele, 1905) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) topsenti (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
  70. Species Chalina vega Fristedt, 1887 accepted as Haliclona vega (Fristedt, 1887) (genus transfer)
  71. Species Chalina velinae (Lendenfeld, 1887) accepted as Haliclona velinae (Lendenfeld, 1887) (genus transfer)
  72. Species Chalina verticillata (Kent, 1871) accepted as Caulospongia perfoliata (Lamarck, 1814) (junior synonym)
  73. Species Chalina virens (Topsent, 1908) accepted as Haliclona virens (Topsent, 1908)
  74. Species Chalina viridis Dendy, 1895 accepted as Callyspongia viridis (Dendy, 1895) (genus transfer)
  75. Species Chalina zostericola Topsent, 1892 accepted as Chalinula limbata (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
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Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1862.0044
page(s): 1120 [details] OpenAccess publication

Grant, R.E. (1861). Tabular view of the primary divisions of the Animal Kingdom, intended to serve as an outline of an elementary course of recent Zoology (Cainozoology), or the Natural History of existing animals. Walton and Maberley, London: i-vi, 1-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.168597 [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Chalina Bowerbank, 1862. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/images/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131830 on 2026-02-11
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original description Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1862.0044
page(s): 1120 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description Grant, R.E. (1861). Tabular view of the primary divisions of the Animal Kingdom, intended to serve as an outline of an elementary course of recent Zoology (Cainozoology), or the Natural History of existing animals. Walton and Maberley, London: i-vi, 1-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.168597 [details] 

basis of record De Weerdt, W.H. (2002). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_91 [details] Full text PDF

basis of record De Weerdt, W.H. (2002 [2004]). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] OpenAccess publication
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Authority The name Chalina was first coined by Grant (1861: 76) as one of three genus names of the 'third order' Chalinida. The 'order' Chalinida was defined but the three genera were not separately defined, nor were any species described for the three genera. These facts do not meet the conditions of ICZN art. 12, thus making Grant's name a nomen nudum and unavailable. Bowerbank (1862: 1120) used the name Chalina, provided a definition and named a type species (Halichondria oculata), and thus became the author of a valid genus name Chalina (ICZN G and art. 50).  [details]
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