Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea (Hechtel, 1965) 
AphiaID: 166641

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder) > Chalinidae (Family) > Haliclona (Genus) > Haliclona (Soestella) (Subgenus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Haliclona (Soestella) De Weerdt, 2000
Synonymised taxa		Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965) (subgenus assignment) Sigmadocia caerulea Hechtel, 1965 (genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Hechtel, G.J. 1965. A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 20: 1-103. [details] [full text] basis of record: De Weerdt, W.H. 2000. A monograph of the shallow-water Chalinidae (Porifera, Haplosclerida) of the Caribbean. Beaufortia 50(1): 1-67 (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text] from synonym: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Caribbean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Colombia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Cuba (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Curaçao (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Eastern Caribbean [details] Greater Antilles [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Jamaica (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Northern Gulf of Mexico [details] Panama (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Panama Bight (probably not valid) [details] Puerto Rico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Southern Caribbean [details] Southwestern Caribbean [details] Venezuela (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Virgin Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Western Caribbean [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166641
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2008-01-04 10:22:14Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2008-05-30 10:27:22Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2009-06-13 21:39:39Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea (Hechtel, 1965). 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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=166641 on 2013-05-23