World Porifera Database - Species - Haliclona elegantia (Bowerbank, 1875)

Porifera name details

Haliclona elegantia (Bowerbank, 1875)

AphiaID

166360 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166360)

Classification

Status

alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Accepted name

Haliclona (Soestella) elegantia (Bowerbank, 1875)

Rank

Species

Parent

Haliclona Grant, 1841

Original name

Halichondria elegantia Bowerbank, 1875

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Halichondria elegantia Bowerbank, 1875) Bowerbank, J.S. (1875). Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part VII. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1875: 281-296. [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. Haliclona elegantia (Bowerbank, 1875). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=166360 on 2026-07-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2006-01-04 18:46:07Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Halichondria elegantia Bowerbank, 1875) Bowerbank, J.S. (1875). Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part VII. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1875: 281-296. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality