World Porifera Database - Species - Haliclona (Haliclona) epiphytica Zea & de Weerdt, 1999

Porifera taxon details

Haliclona (Haliclona) epiphytica Zea & de Weerdt, 1999

AphiaID

166592 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166592)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Haliclona (Haliclona) Grant, 1836

Original name

Haliclona (Haliclona) epiphytica Zea & de Weerdt, 1999

Synonymised names

Haliclona epiphytica Zea & de Weerdt, 1999 · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Zea, S.; de Weerdt, W.H. (1999). Haliclona (Haliclona) epiphytica n.sp. (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida), a seaweed-dwelling sponge from the Colombian Caribbean. Beaufortia. 49 (13): 171-176.
page(s): 172-173 [details]

Type data

Holotype ZMA Por. 15559, geounit Southwestern Caribbean

Holotype ZMA Por. 15559, geounit Southwestern Caribbean [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 (Haliclona) epiphytica Zea & de Weerdt, 1999. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=166592 on 2026-08-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2007-10-13 14:45:22Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Zea, S.; de Weerdt, W.H. (1999). Haliclona (Haliclona) epiphytica n.sp. (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida), a seaweed-dwelling sponge from the Colombian Caribbean. Beaufortia. 49 (13): 171-176.
page(s): 172-173 [details]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. Zootaxa. 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 29 [details] Available for editors

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additional source De La Cruz-Francisco, V. (2025). Esponjas marinas (Porifera: Demospongiae) de los espigones de Tuxpan, Veracruz, con nuevos registros para México. Novitates Caribaea. (25): 1-20., available online at https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi25.366
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors

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additional source de Weerdt, W.H. (2000). A monograph of the shallow-water Chalinidae (Porifera, Haplosclerida) of the Caribbean. Beaufortia. 50 (1): 1-67. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 15-17 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype ZMA Por. 15559, geounit Southwestern Caribbean [details]

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