World Porifera Database - Species - Haliclona megasclera Lehnert & van Soest, 1996

Porifera name details

Haliclona megasclera Lehnert & van Soest, 1996

AphiaID

191483 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191483)

Classification

Status

alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Accepted name

Haliclona (Gellius) megasclera Lehnert & van Soest, 1996

Rank

Species

Parent

Haliclona Grant, 1841

Original name

Haliclona megasclera Lehnert & van Soest, 1996

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1996). North Jamaican deep fore-reef sponges. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 46 (4): 53-81.
page(s): 73-75; fig 13, 26, 74 [details]

Type data

Holotype ZMA Por. 11338, geounit Greater Antilles

Holotype ZMA Por. 11338, geounit Greater Antilles [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 megasclera Lehnert & van Soest, 1996. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=191483 on 2026-08-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-06-04 18:41:38Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2021-11-11 08:22:32Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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original description Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1996). North Jamaican deep fore-reef sponges. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 46 (4): 53-81.
page(s): 73-75; fig 13, 26, 74 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype ZMA Por. 11338, geounit Greater Antilles [details]