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Halichondria (Halichondria) semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)

196765  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196765)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Suberitida (Order)
  7. Halichondriidae (Family)
  8. Halichondria (Genus)
  9. Halichondria (Halichondria) (Subgenus)
  10. Halichondria (Halichondria) semitubulosa (Species)
accepted
Species
Adocia semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Halichondria (Halichondria) pontica (Czerniavsky, 1880) · unaccepted > unavailable name (ICZN art. 45.5)
Halichondria semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Haliclona semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Pellina semitubulosa var. pontica Czerniavsky, 1880 · unaccepted > unavailable name (ICZN art 45.5)
Pellina semitubulosa var. pontica f. horhippiana Czerniavsky, 1880 · unaccepted > unavailable name (ICZN art. 45.5)
Reniera semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia semitubulosa Lamarck, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia semitubulosa Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 455 [details] OpenAccess publication
Neotype  (of Spongia semitubulosa Lamarck, 1814) LMJG...  
Neotype (of Spongia semitubulosa Lamarck, 1814) LMJG 15991, geounit Adriatic Sea [details]
Neotype (of Spongia semitubulosa Lamarck, 1814) LMJG 15991, geounit Adriatic Sea [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. Halichondria (Halichondria) semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=196765 on 2025-04-25
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2006-02-02 18:34:03Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description (of Spongia semitubulosa Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 455 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pellina semitubulosa var. pontica Czerniavsky, 1880) Czerniavsky, V. (1880 [1879]). Spongiae littorales Pontis Euxini et maris Caspii. Continuatio. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 54 (3): 88-128, 228-320, pls I-IV [In Russian].
page(s): 111 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pellina semitubulosa var. pontica f. horhippiana Czerniavsky, 1880) Czerniavsky, V. (1880 [1879]). Spongiae littorales Pontis Euxini et maris Caspii. Continuatio. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 54 (3): 88-128, 228-320, pls I-IV [In Russian]. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Pellina semitubulosa var. pontica f. horhippiana Czerniavsky, 1880) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 83 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Reniera semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 75 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Adocia semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Burton, M. (1936). The fishery ground near Alexandria. IX. Sponges. <em>Notes and Memoirs of the Fisheries Research Directorate, Cairo.</em> 17: 1-28.
page(s): 12 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Halichondria semitubulosa var. pontica (Czerniavsky, 1880)) 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

basis of record (of Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Halichondria semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) 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

basis of record (of Halichondria semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Lieberkühn, N. (1859). Neue Beiträge zur Anatomie der Spongien. <em>Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie.</em> 30(3): 353-382, 515-529, pls IX-XI. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Full text PDF

additional source (of Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Corriero, G. (1989). The sponge fauna from the Stagnone di Marsala (Sicily): taxonomic and ecological observations. <em>Bolletino Museo Istituto Biologia Università Genova.</em> 53: 101-113.
page(s): 103 [details] 

additional source (of Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Carballo, J.L.; Garcia-Gómez, J.C. (1994). Esponjas del Estrecho de Gibraltar y áreas próximas, con nuevas aportaciones para la fauna Iberica [Porifera from the Straits of Gibraltar and nearby areas, new species of the Iberian fauna]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 35(2): 193-211. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 197 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Labate, M. (1964). Poriferi di grotta superficiale del litorale adriatico pugliese. <em>Annali del Pontificio Istituto Scienze e Lettere S. Chiara, Napoli.</em> 14, 319-342.
page(s): 336-337; fig 8C [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Halichondria semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Full text PDF

additional source (of Halichondria semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2157 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Halichondria semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Griessinger, J. M. (1971). Etude des Réniérides de Méditerranée (Démosponges Haplosclérides). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Zoologie).</em> 3(3): 97-182.
page(s): 147-148; fig 2e; fig 10a [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Pansini, M. (1987). Littoral demosponges from the banks of the Strait of Sicily and the Alboran Sea. <i>In</i>: Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. <em>NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences Springer, Heidelberg.</em> 13, 149-185. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 179-180; note: the author had some doubts [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1978). Report on a Collection of Sponges from the Bay of Naples. III Hadromerida, Axinellida, Poecilosclerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 45: 7-89.
page(s): 77 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 84: 445-621.
page(s): 589-590 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Rützler, K. (1965). Systematik und Ökologie der Poriferen aus Litoral-Schattengebieten der Nordadria. <em>Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere.</em> 55(1): 1-82.
page(s): 38-39 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Sarà, M. (1960). Poriferi del litorale dell'isola d'lschia e loro ripartizioneper ambienti. <em>Pubblicazioni della Stazione zoologica di Napoli.</em> 31(3):421-472, pls XII-XIII.
page(s): 465 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Sarà, M. (1961). La fauna di Poriferi delle grotte delle isole Tremiti. Studio ecologico e sistematico. <em>Archivio zoologico italiano.</em> 46: 1-59,pls I-II.
page(s): 53 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Topsent, E. (1925). Etude des Spongiaires du Golfe de Naples. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 63(5): 623-725, pl. VIII.
page(s): 709-710 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Haliclona semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) 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)
note: Misapplication [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Haliclona semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) De Weerdt, W.H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1986). Marine shallow-water Haplosclerida (Porifera) from the south-eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 225: 1-49.
page(s): 16-17; note: Misapplication [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Haliclona semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78.
page(s): 71 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Reniera semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Babiç, K. (1922). Monactinellida und Tetractinellida des Adriatischen Meeres. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 46(2): 217-302, pls 8-9.
page(s): 224-225; fig E & pl 8 fig 2 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Reniera semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Dendy, A. (1922). Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S.'Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 7. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 18 (1): 1-164, pls 1-18.
page(s): 30; note: Misapplication [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Reniera semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Hanitsch, R. (1889). Second Report on the Porifera of the L.M.B.C.District. <em>Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 3: 155-173, pls V-VII.
page(s): 160-161 [details] OpenAccess publication

biology source (of Halichondria semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)) Gaino, E.; Lepore, E.; Rebora, M.; Mercurio, M.; Sciscioli, M. (2007). Some steps of spermatogenesis in <i>Halichondria semitubulosa</i> (Demospongiae, Halichondriidae). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 74(2): 117-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250000701263505 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Neotype (of Spongia semitubulosa Lamarck, 1814) LMJG 15991, geounit Adriatic Sea [details]
Neotype (of Spongia semitubulosa Lamarck, 1814) LMJG 15991, geounit Adriatic Sea [details]
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Reproduction Spermatogenesis described from Ionian specimens [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Spongia semitubulosa Lamarck, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Halichondria semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814))
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814))
To PESI (from synonym Haliclona semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814))
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria semitubulosa var. pontica (Czerniavsky, 1880))
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria (Halichondria) pontica (Czerniavsky, 1880))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814))
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