WoRMS taxon details
Haliclona (Reniera) implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965)
166612 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166612)
accepted
Species
Adocia implexiformis Hechtel, 1965 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Adocia neens sensu Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Adocia implexiformis Hechtel, 1965) Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 27-28; fig 2, pl II fig 2 [details]
page(s): 27-28; fig 2, pl II fig 2 [details]
Type locality contained in Greater Antilles
type locality contained in Greater Antilles [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 (Reniera) implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166612 on 2026-05-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Adocia implexiformis Hechtel, 1965) Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 27-28; fig 2, pl II fig 2 [details]
original description (of Adocia neens sensu 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): 67-68; pl 12 fig 1 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record de Weerdt, W.H. (2000). A monograph of the shallow-water Chalinidae (Porifera, Haplosclerida) of the Caribbean. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 50 (1): 1-67. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 17-19 [details]
page(s): 27-28; fig 2, pl II fig 2 [details]
original description (of Adocia neens sensu 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): 67-68; pl 12 fig 1 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record de Weerdt, W.H. (2000). A monograph of the shallow-water Chalinidae (Porifera, Haplosclerida) of the Caribbean. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 50 (1): 1-67. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 17-19 [details]
Other
additional source
Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 469 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 81 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 30; note: Identification indicated as 'cf.' [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bettcher, L.; Fernandez, J.C.; Gastaldi, M.; Bispo, A.; Leal, C.V.; Leite, D.; Avelino-Alves, D.; Clerier, P.H.; Rezende, D.; Gulart, C.M.; Pinheiro, U.; Hajdu, E. (2023). Checklist, diversity descriptors and selected descriptions of a highly diverse intertidal sponge (Porifera) assemblage at Costa do Descobrimento (Bahia, Brazil). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5277(3): 443-489., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.2
page(s): 450 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bispo, A.; Carraro, J.L.; Mott, T.; Hajdu, E. (2026). Integrative taxonomy reveals 10 new species, new records, new combinations, exotic and cryptogenic species of Tropical South-western Atlantic Chalinidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Haplosclerida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 206(2): 2-89., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf162
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Ávila-García, A.K.; Ávila, E.; Gelabert-Fernández, R. (2014). Aspectos reproductivos de la esponja <i>Haliclona (Reniera) implexiformis</i> (Hechtel, 1965) en un ambiente del sur del Golfo de México. <i>in</i> XXI Congreso Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología del Mar, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico. 1: 1-6. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 469 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 81 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 30; note: Identification indicated as 'cf.' [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bettcher, L.; Fernandez, J.C.; Gastaldi, M.; Bispo, A.; Leal, C.V.; Leite, D.; Avelino-Alves, D.; Clerier, P.H.; Rezende, D.; Gulart, C.M.; Pinheiro, U.; Hajdu, E. (2023). Checklist, diversity descriptors and selected descriptions of a highly diverse intertidal sponge (Porifera) assemblage at Costa do Descobrimento (Bahia, Brazil). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5277(3): 443-489., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.2
page(s): 450 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bispo, A.; Carraro, J.L.; Mott, T.; Hajdu, E. (2026). Integrative taxonomy reveals 10 new species, new records, new combinations, exotic and cryptogenic species of Tropical South-western Atlantic Chalinidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Haplosclerida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 206(2): 2-89., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf162
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Ávila-García, A.K.; Ávila, E.; Gelabert-Fernández, R. (2014). Aspectos reproductivos de la esponja <i>Haliclona (Reniera) implexiformis</i> (Hechtel, 1965) en un ambiente del sur del Golfo de México. <i>in</i> XXI Congreso Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología del Mar, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico. 1: 1-6. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Adocia implexiformis Hechtel, 1965)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona implexiformis) (from synonym Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Adocia implexiformis Hechtel, 1965)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Adocia implexiformis Hechtel, 1965)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (35 records) (from synonym Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (8 records) (from synonym Adocia neens sensu Laubenfels, 1936)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005034.PR) (from synonym Adocia implexiformis Hechtel, 1965)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 085079) (from synonym Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Adocia implexiformis Hechtel, 1965)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona implexiformis) (from synonym Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Adocia implexiformis Hechtel, 1965)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Adocia implexiformis Hechtel, 1965)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (35 records) (from synonym Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (8 records) (from synonym Adocia neens sensu Laubenfels, 1936)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005034.PR) (from synonym Adocia implexiformis Hechtel, 1965)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 085079) (from synonym Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965))
