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Halichondria (Halichondria) cartilaginea (Esper, 1794) 
AphiaID: 165805

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Halichondria (Genus) > Halichondria (Halichondria) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828
Synonymised
taxa		  Halichondria reticulata Baer, 1906 (junior synonym)
 Halichondria symbiotica Lévi, 1961 (junior synonym)
 Hircinia cartilaginea (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer)
 Spongia cartilaginea Esper, 1794 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Esper, E.C.J. 1794. Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg):1-303. [details]

original description (from synonym): Baer, L. 1906. Silicispongien von Sansibar, Kapstadt and Papeete. (Inaugural Dissertation: Berlin). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 72 (1,1): 1-32, pls I-V. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

taxonomy source (from synonym): Burton, M. 1930d. Additions to the Sponge Fauna of the Gulf of Manaar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 5 (30): 665-676. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

original description (from synonym): Lévi, C. 1961c. Éponges intercotidales de Nha Trang (Vietnam). Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale 100: 127-148. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Hyatt, A. 1877. Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
East African Coral Coast [details]
Gulf of Mexico (not valid) [details]
Southern Vietnam (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Vietnamese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym): ZMB 1031, locality Zanzibar [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Images 
Holotype Halichondria reticulata Baer
[image from synonym]
Holotype Halichondria reticulata Baer
added on 2008-06-23 - author: de Voogd Nicole
qualitystatus: checked by de Voogd, Nicole on 2008-06-23 11:12:51

Spongia cartilaginea Esper, 1797
[image from synonym]
Spongia cartilaginea Esper, 1797
added on 2010-11-07 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2010-11-07 21:54:24
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165805
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-09-14 18:39:03Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Halichondria (Halichondria) cartilaginea (Esper, 1794). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165805 on 2013-06-19
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