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AfReMaS taxon details
Haliclona polychotoma
(Carter, 1885)
AphiaID
166431
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166431)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Haplosclerida
(Order)
Chalinidae
(Family)
Haliclona
(Genus)
Haliclona polychotoma
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Haliclona
Grant, 1841
Original name
Chalina polychotoma
Carter, 1885
Synonymised names
Chalina polychotoma
Carter, 1885
·
unaccepted
(genus transfer)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Chalina polychotoma
Carter, 1885
)
Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459882
page(s): 284
[details]
Taxonomic citation
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 polychotoma
(Carter, 1885). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166431 on 2026-09-12
Regional species database citation
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species.
Haliclona polychotoma
(Carter, 1885). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166431 on 2026-09-12
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
created
db_admin
2007-09-21 18:11:53Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Sources (1)
Attributes (5)
Links (1)
original description
(of
Chalina polychotoma
Carter, 1885
)
Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459882
page(s): 284
[details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
(from synonym
Chalina polychotoma
Carter, 1885
)
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