WoRMS name details
Chalina polychotoma Carter, 1885
190353 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190353)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
Chalina Grant, 1861 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) Grant, 1836
- Variety Chalina polychotoma var. angulata Carter, 1885 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Variety Chalina polychotoma var. compressa Carter, 1885 accepted as Callyspongia compressa (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer & upgrade to species)
- Variety Chalina polychotoma var. mauritiana Carter, 1885 accepted as Petrosia (Strongylophora) mauritiana (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer)
- Variety Chalina polychotoma var. moniliformis Carter, 1885 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamarck, 1814) (junior synonym and genus transfer)
- Variety Chalina polychotoma var. oculata Carter, 1885 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) ramosa (Gray, 1843) accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) nuda (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Variety Chalina polychotoma var. robusta Carter, 1885 accepted as Amphimedon robusta (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer and raised status)
- Variety Chalina polychotoma var. trichotoma Carter, 1885 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) nuda (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368.
page(s): 284 [details]
page(s): 284 [details]
Type locality contained in Bassian
type locality contained in Bassian [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. Chalina polychotoma Carter, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=190353 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368.
page(s): 284 [details]
page(s): 284 [details]
Other
additional source
Dendy, A. (1895). Catalogue of Non-Calcareous Sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series).</em> 7: 232-260.
page(s): 243 [details]
page(s): 243 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
