WoRMS taxon details
Haliclona polychotoma (Carter, 1885)
166431 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166431)
accepted
Species
Chalina polychotoma Carter, 1885 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
- Variety Haliclona polychotoma var. mauritiana (Carter, 1885) accepted as Petrosia (Strongylophora) mauritiana (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(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]
page(s): 284 [details]
Type locality contained in Bassian
type locality contained in Bassian [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 polychotoma (Carter, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166431 on 2026-06-01
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Nomenclature
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]
page(s): 284 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
