WoRMS taxon details
Halichondria macularis Johnston, 1846
AphiaID: 474845
AphiaID: 474845
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Halichondria (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym) | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Accepted name | Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1818) | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Halichondria Fleming, 1828 | |||||||
| Source |
original description: Johnston, G. 1846 (1842-1849). Description of a new British sponge (Halichondria macularis). History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2: 196 (also published in: Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 (18): 475). [details] [full text]
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||
| Distribution | Celtic Seas [details] | |||||||
| Note |
This description has been ignored until recently, but since the spicules are described as styles and it is suggested to be 'closely allied to Halichondria sanguinea' it is assumed here that it is a small patch of Hymeniacidon perlevis. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:474845 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Halichondria macularis Johnston, 1846. 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=474845 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||
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