WoRMS 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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Haliclona (Halichoclona) albifragilis (Hechtel, 1965). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166576 on 2026-03-23
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Nomenclature
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]
page(s): 28-29; fig 3 [details]
Taxonomy
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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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]
page(s): 465 [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]
Other
additional source
Bispo, A.; Carraro, J.L.; Mott, T.; Hajdu, E. (2026). Integrative taxonomy reveals 10 new species, new records, new combinations, exotic and cryptogenic species of Tropical South-western Atlantic Chalinidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Haplosclerida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 206(2): 2-89., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf162
page(s): 32 [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]
page(s): 32 [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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype MNRJ 21903, geounit Eastern Brazil [details]
Nontype MNRJ 22236, geounit Eastern Brazil [details]
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
