WoRMS taxon details
Haliclona bawiana (Lendenfeld, 1897)
AphiaID: 166322
AphiaID: 166322
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder) > Chalinidae (Family) > Haliclona (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Haliclona Grant, 1836 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Reniera bawiana Lendenfeld, 1897 (genus transfer) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Lendenfeld, R. Von 1897c. Spongien von Sansibar. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 21: 93-133, pls 9-10. [details] [full text]
additional source: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Bawi (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] East African Coral Coast [details] Tanzania [details] Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Zanzibar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Small single or double tubes or mounds, 0.5-3 cm high, 1 cm wide, scattered in groups on substrate. Oscules apical with rounded edge, 2-3 m in diameter. Body squishy, elastic and velvety. Colour jet-black with violet tinge. Habitat: shallow sandy lagoon amongst seagrass beds. Distribution: SE Asia (Richmond, 1997). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166322 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Haliclona bawiana (Lendenfeld, 1897). 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=166322 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||
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