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Porifera name details
Halichondria gibbsi
(Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960)
AphiaID
814796
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:814796)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Suberitida
(Order)
Halichondriidae
(Family)
Halichondria
(Genus)
Halichondria gibbsi
(Species)
Status
unaccepted
(genus transfer)
Accepted name
Ciocalypta gibbsi
(Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960)
Rank
Species
Parent
Halichondria
Fleming, 1828
Original name
Ciocalapata gibbsi
Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Ciocalapata gibbsi
Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960
)
Wells, H.W.; Wells, M.J.; Gray, I.E. (1960). Marine sponges of North Carolina. <em>Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.</em> 76 (2): 200-245.
page(s): 226
[details]
Taxonomic citation
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.
Halichondria gibbsi
(Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=814796 on 2026-02-05
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
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2014-08-09 13:26:59Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (0)
Links (1)
original description
(of
Ciocalapata gibbsi
Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960
)
Wells, H.W.; Wells, M.J.; Gray, I.E. (1960). Marine sponges of North Carolina. <em>Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.</em> 76 (2): 200-245.
page(s): 226
[details]
new combination reference
Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C.; Pomponi, S.A. (1990). Phylogenetic classification of the halichondrids (Porifera, Demospongiae). <em>Beaufortia.</em> 40 (2): 15-62.
(look up in
IMIS
)
page(s): 51
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records)
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