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Haliclona oculata (Pallas, 1766) 
AphiaID: 236327

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder) > Chalinidae (Family) > Haliclona (Genus)
Status alternate representation (subgenus assignment)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Pallas, 1766)
Rank Species
Parent Haliclona Grant, 1836
Sources  original description: Pallas, P.S. (1766) Elenchus zoophytorum. Van Cleef, Hagae-Comitum, pp. 1-451, available online at http://www.gdz-cms.de/no_cache/en/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=222048 [details] [full text]

additional source: de Weerdt, W.H., 1987. The shallow-water Chalinidae (Haplosclerida, Porifera) of the British Iles. in: European Contributions to the taxonomy of sponges, Jones,W.C.(ed.). Publication of the Sherkin Island Marine Station, 1:75-109 [details] [full text]

new combination reference: Grant, R.E. 1835-41. Porifera. Pp. 5-9, 310-313, pls II-IV. In: H. Bailliere(Ed.), Outlines of comparative anatomy. 1. (London): 1-656. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch geweispons  [details]
German Geweihschwamm  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Belgian Coast [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Davis Strait [details]
De Haan [details]
Faroe Islands [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Kara Sea [details]
Netherlands [details]
Norwegian Sea [details]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Portugal [details]
Spitsbergen [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Coast of France [details]
White Sea [details]
Host of  Asterocheres boecki (Brady, 1880) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Asterocheres echinicola (Norman, 1869) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Asterocheres boeckii (Brady, 1880) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Labrador to North Carolina [details]

Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details]

Habitat: benthic  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236327
Taxonomic
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2007-01-12 07:49:43Z  created  de Haas, Henk
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Haliclona oculata. 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=236327 on 2013-05-24
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