Porifera taxon details
Haliclona (Halichoclona) albifragilis (Hechtel, 1965)
166576 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166576)
accepted
Species
Adocia albifragilis Hechtel, 1965 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Adocia albifragilis Hechtel, 1965) Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 28-29; fig 3 [details]
page(s): 28-29; fig 3 [details]
Type locality contained in Greater Antilles
type locality contained in Greater Antilles [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Haliclona (Halichoclona) albifragilis (Hechtel, 1965). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=166576 on 2025-09-01
original description
(of Adocia albifragilis Hechtel, 1965) Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 28-29; fig 3 [details]
taxonomy source Bettcher, L.; Fernandez, J.C.; Gastaldi, M.; Bispo, A.; Leal, C.V.; Leite, D.; Avelino-Alves, D.; Clerier, P.H.; Rezende, D.; Gulart, C.M.; Pinheiro, U.; Hajdu, E. (2023). Checklist, diversity descriptors and selected descriptions of a highly diverse intertidal sponge (Porifera) assemblage at Costa do Descobrimento (Bahia, Brazil). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5277(3): 443-489., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.2
page(s): 465 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy de Weerdt, W.H. (2000). A monograph of the shallow-water Chalinidae (Porifera, Haplosclerida) of the Caribbean. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 50 (1): 1-67. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 45-47 [details]
additional source (of Adocia albifragilis Hechtel, 1965) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 160 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 28-29; fig 3 [details]
taxonomy source Bettcher, L.; Fernandez, J.C.; Gastaldi, M.; Bispo, A.; Leal, C.V.; Leite, D.; Avelino-Alves, D.; Clerier, P.H.; Rezende, D.; Gulart, C.M.; Pinheiro, U.; Hajdu, E. (2023). Checklist, diversity descriptors and selected descriptions of a highly diverse intertidal sponge (Porifera) assemblage at Costa do Descobrimento (Bahia, Brazil). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5277(3): 443-489., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.2
page(s): 465 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy de Weerdt, W.H. (2000). A monograph of the shallow-water Chalinidae (Porifera, Haplosclerida) of the Caribbean. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 50 (1): 1-67. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 45-47 [details]
additional source (of Adocia albifragilis Hechtel, 1965) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 160 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Adocia albifragilis Hechtel, 1965)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 24506) (from synonym Adocia albifragilis Hechtel, 1965)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005035.PR) (from synonym Adocia albifragilis Hechtel, 1965)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 24506) (from synonym Adocia albifragilis Hechtel, 1965)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005035.PR) (from synonym Adocia albifragilis Hechtel, 1965)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
