WoRMS taxon details
Haliclona (Haliclona) Grant, 1836
166589 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166589)
accepted
Subgenus
Spongia oculata sensu Pallas, 1766 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) (type by original designation)
Adocia Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Arcesios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Chalina Bowerbank, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Diplodemia Bowerbank, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Euchalinopsis Lendenfeld, 1887 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Euchalinopsis (Chalina) Grant, 1861 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Lessepsia Keller, 1883 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Polysiphonia sensu Levinsen, 1893 · unaccepted (junior synonym and preoccupied)
Siphochalina · unaccepted (misspelling and junior synonym)
Veluspa Miklucho-Maclay, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Ysiphonia De Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) ambrosia (Dickinson, 1945)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) anonyma (Stephens, 1915)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) bifacialis Sarà, 1978
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) catarinensis Mothes & Lerner, 1994
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) cervicornis (Pallas, 1766)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) clairae Sim-Smith, Hickman & Kelly, 2021
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) cribriformis (Ridley, 1884)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) cylindrica (Topsent, 1913)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) dianae Sim-Smith, Hickman & Kelly, 2021
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) domingoi (Sarà, 1978)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) epiphytica Zea & de Weerdt, 1999
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) fibrosa (Carter, 1887)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) gustavopulitzeri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) ieoensis Kim, Lee & Kang, 2017
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) jeanmicheli Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) leopoldi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) lilacea Mothes & Lerner, 1994
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) massiliensis Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) michelei Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) nishimurai Tanita, 1977
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) onomichiensis Hoshino, 1981
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) ramosamassa Hoshino, 1981
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) sonorensis Cruz-Barraza & Carballo, 2006
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) sortitio Hoshino, 1981
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) stilensis Burton, 1933
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) sumenyoensis Kim, Lee & Kang, 2017
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) tonggumiensis Kang, Lee & Sim, 2013
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) uljinensis Kang & Sim, 2007
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) urceolus (Rathke & Vahl, 1806)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) urizae Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) venata (Sarà, 1960)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) violacea (Keller, 1883)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) violapurpura Hoshino, 1981
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) cinerea (Grant, 1826) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (subgenus transfer)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) ciocalyptoides Burton, 1933 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) ciocalyptoides Burton, 1933 (subgenus transfer)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) laevis (Griessinger, 1971) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) jeanmicheli Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) lilaceus Mothes é Lerner, 1994 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) lilacea Mothes & Lerner, 1994 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) mammillaris Mothes & Lerner, 1994 accepted as Arenospicula mammillaris (Mothes & Lerner, 1994) (genus transfer)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) molitba de Laubenfels, 1949 accepted as Chalinula molitba (de Laubenfels, 1949) (genus transfer)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) reptans (Griessinger, 1971) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) massiliensis Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (genus transfer and preoccupied)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) urceola accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) urceolus (Rathke & Vahl, 1806) (Spelling variation)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) varia (Sarà, 1958) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) michelei Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
- Species Haliclona (Haliclona) sasajimensis Hoshino, 1881 represented as Haliclona sasajimensis Hoshino, 1981
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grant, R.E. (1836). Animal Kingdom. Pp. 107-118. <em>In: Todd, R.B. (Ed.),The Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. Volume 1.</em> (Sherwood,Gilbert, and Piper: London): 1-813. [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 (Haliclona) Grant, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166589 on 2026-02-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Grant, R.E. (1836). Animal Kingdom. Pp. 107-118. <em>In: Todd, R.B. (Ed.),The Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. Volume 1.</em> (Sherwood,Gilbert, and Piper: London): 1-813. [details]
original description (of Arcesios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 96 [details]
original description (of Diplodemia Bowerbank, 1864) Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085 [details]
original description (of Euchalinopsis Lendenfeld, 1887) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena.</em> 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 815 [details]
original description (of Adocia Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
original description (of Adocia Gray, 1867) De Weerdt, W.H. (2002). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_91 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Adocia Gray, 1867) De Weerdt, W.H. (2002 [2004]). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Chalina Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1862.0044
page(s): 1120 [details]
original description (of Chalina Bowerbank, 1862) Grant, R.E. (1861). Tabular view of the primary divisions of the Animal Kingdom, intended to serve as an outline of an elementary course of recent Zoology (Cainozoology), or the Natural History of existing animals. Walton and Maberley, London: i-vi, 1-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.168597 [details]
original description (of Lessepsia Keller, 1883) Keller, C. (1883). Die Fauna im Suez Kanal und die Diffusion der mediterranen und erythraischen Thierwelt. Eine thiergeographische Untersuchung. <em>Neue Denkschriften der allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft fur die gesammten Naturwissenschaften.</em> 28 (3): 1-39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47560
page(s): 19 [details]
original description (of Veluspa Miklucho-Maclay, 1870) Miklucho-Maclay, N. N. (1870). Uber einige Schwämme des nördlichen Stillen Oceans und des Eismeeres, welche im Zoologischen Museum der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in St. Petersburg aufgestellt sind. Ein Beitrag zur Morphologie und Verbreitung der Spongien. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg.</em> 15 (3): 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6306 [details]
original description (of Polysiphonia sensu Levinsen, 1893) Levinsen, G.M.R. (1893). Annulata, Hydroidae, Anthozoa Porifera. <em>Det videnskabelige udbytte af Kanonbaader "Hauchs" Togter i de Danske have idenfor Skagen i aarene 1883.</em> 86:317-427. [details]
original description (of Euchalinopsis (Chalina) Grant, 1861) Grant, R.E. (1861). Tabular view of the primary divisions of the Animal Kingdom, intended to serve as an outline of an elementary course of recent Zoology (Cainozoology), or the Natural History of existing animals. Walton and Maberley, London: i-vi, 1-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.168597 [details]
original description (of Ysiphonia De Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 46 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record De Weerdt, W.H. (2002). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_91 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record De Weerdt, W.H. (2002 [2004]). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Arcesios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 96 [details]
original description (of Diplodemia Bowerbank, 1864) Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085 [details]
original description (of Euchalinopsis Lendenfeld, 1887) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena.</em> 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 815 [details]
original description (of Adocia Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
original description (of Adocia Gray, 1867) De Weerdt, W.H. (2002). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_91 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Adocia Gray, 1867) De Weerdt, W.H. (2002 [2004]). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Chalina Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1862.0044
page(s): 1120 [details]
original description (of Chalina Bowerbank, 1862) Grant, R.E. (1861). Tabular view of the primary divisions of the Animal Kingdom, intended to serve as an outline of an elementary course of recent Zoology (Cainozoology), or the Natural History of existing animals. Walton and Maberley, London: i-vi, 1-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.168597 [details]
original description (of Lessepsia Keller, 1883) Keller, C. (1883). Die Fauna im Suez Kanal und die Diffusion der mediterranen und erythraischen Thierwelt. Eine thiergeographische Untersuchung. <em>Neue Denkschriften der allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft fur die gesammten Naturwissenschaften.</em> 28 (3): 1-39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47560
page(s): 19 [details]
original description (of Veluspa Miklucho-Maclay, 1870) Miklucho-Maclay, N. N. (1870). Uber einige Schwämme des nördlichen Stillen Oceans und des Eismeeres, welche im Zoologischen Museum der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in St. Petersburg aufgestellt sind. Ein Beitrag zur Morphologie und Verbreitung der Spongien. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg.</em> 15 (3): 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6306 [details]
original description (of Polysiphonia sensu Levinsen, 1893) Levinsen, G.M.R. (1893). Annulata, Hydroidae, Anthozoa Porifera. <em>Det videnskabelige udbytte af Kanonbaader "Hauchs" Togter i de Danske have idenfor Skagen i aarene 1883.</em> 86:317-427. [details]
original description (of Euchalinopsis (Chalina) Grant, 1861) Grant, R.E. (1861). Tabular view of the primary divisions of the Animal Kingdom, intended to serve as an outline of an elementary course of recent Zoology (Cainozoology), or the Natural History of existing animals. Walton and Maberley, London: i-vi, 1-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.168597 [details]
original description (of Ysiphonia De Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 46 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record De Weerdt, W.H. (2002). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_91 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record De Weerdt, W.H. (2002 [2004]). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]
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