WoRMS taxon details
Haliclona (Reniera) debilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
AphiaID: 196364
AphiaID: 196364
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder) > Chalinidae (Family) > Haliclona (Genus) > Haliclona (Reniera) (Subgenus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Haliclona (Reniera) Schmidt, 1862 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Haliclona debilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 (subgenus assignment) | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1993. A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 89: 247-350. [details] 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, | |||||||
| Distribution | East African Coral Coast [details] Kenya [details] Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Mombasa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Ras Iwetine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania [details] Zanzibar [details] | |||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||
| Note |
Description: Short tubes arising from a thick irregular branching base, 0.5 cm wide, 1 cm high, whole sponge 10 cm diameter. Often nestled loosely amongst Halimeda plants. Oscules apical with a rim of tiny, soft spikes. Body squishy and limp out of water. Colour bright pinkish-purple. Habitat: upper eulittoral muddy sand flats adjacent to mangroves. Distribution: SE Asia (Richmond, 1997). [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196364 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
| |||||||
[Taxonomic tree] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] | ||||||||
| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Haliclona (Reniera) debilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993. 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=196364 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||
 The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License |