WoRMS name details

Halichondria distorta Bowerbank, 1866

191464  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191464)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Suberitida (Order)
  7. Halichondriidae (Family)
  8. Halichondria (Genus)
  9. Halichondria distorta (Species)
alternative representation (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 240-241 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Celtic Seas  
type locality contained in Celtic Seas [details]
Taxonomy Technically, this name has page priority over Isodictya dissimilis Bowerbank, 1866 (now Axinella dissimilis), but it may be...  
Taxonomy Technically, this name has page priority over Isodictya dissimilis Bowerbank, 1866 (now Axinella dissimilis), but it may be suppressed as a forgotten name. [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. Halichondria distorta Bowerbank, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=191464 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-11-28 13:22:27Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2007-09-07 19:12:58Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 240-241 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 103, pl. XLII [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Taxonomy Technically, this name has page priority over Isodictya dissimilis Bowerbank, 1866 (now Axinella dissimilis), but it may be suppressed as a forgotten name. [details]

Unreviewed
Holotype BMNH [details]

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