World Porifera Database - Species - Haliclona areolata (Wilson, 1902)

Porifera name details

Haliclona areolata (Wilson, 1902)

AphiaID

833421 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:833421)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Accepted name

Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Rank

Species

Parent

Haliclona Grant, 1841

Original name

Pachychalina areolata Wilson, 1902

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Pachychalina areolata Wilson, 1902) Wilson, H.V. (1902 [1900]). The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 2: 375-411.
page(s): 392; [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 areolata (Wilson, 1902). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=833421 on 2026-09-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-02-03 14:20:31Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Pachychalina areolata Wilson, 1902) Wilson, H.V. (1902 [1900]). The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 2: 375-411.
page(s): 392; [details]

new combination reference Wells, H.W.; Wells, M.J.; Gray, I.E. (1960). Marine sponges of North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 76 (2): 200-245.
page(s): 207 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records)