WoRMS taxon details
Haliclona (Rhizoniera) indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866)
166634 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166634)
accepted
Species
Adocia indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Echinodictyum trunca (Bowerbank, 1882) · unaccepted
Haliclona indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Isodictya indistincta Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Isodictya trunca Bowerbank, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Reniera indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Isodictya indistincta Bowerbank, 1866) 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): 290-292 [details]
page(s): 290-292 [details]
Type locality contained in North Sea, South European Atlantic Shelf
type locality contained in North Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in South European Atlantic Shelf [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in South European Atlantic Shelf [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 (Rhizoniera) indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166634 on 2026-06-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Isodictya trunca Bowerbank, 1882) Bowerbank, J.S.; Norman, A.M. (1882). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 4 (Supplement). (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-250, pls I-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1908675
page(s): 132-135 [details]
original description (of Isodictya indistincta Bowerbank, 1866) 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): 290-292 [details]
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) [details]
page(s): 132-135 [details]
original description (of Isodictya indistincta Bowerbank, 1866) 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): 290-292 [details]
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) [details]
Other
additional source
Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 49 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Evcen, A.; Çinar, M.E. (2025). Sponge fauna of the Aegean coast of Türkiye with new records for the eastern Mediterranean Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5631(2): 201-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.1
page(s): 226 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 49 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Evcen, A.; Çinar, M.E. (2025). Sponge fauna of the Aegean coast of Türkiye with new records for the eastern Mediterranean Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5631(2): 201-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.1
page(s): 226 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Haliclona indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Reniera indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Isodictya trunca Bowerbank, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Isodictya indistincta Bowerbank, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona indistincta) (from synonym Haliclona indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To GenBank (5699 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Haliclona indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To GenBank (5699 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Isodictya indistincta Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Isodictya indistincta Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Haliclona indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Haliclona indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Isodictya trunca Bowerbank, 1882)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Reniera indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Reniera indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Isodictya trunca Bowerbank, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Isodictya indistincta Bowerbank, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona indistincta) (from synonym Haliclona indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To GenBank (5699 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Haliclona indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To GenBank (5699 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Isodictya indistincta Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Isodictya indistincta Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Haliclona indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Haliclona indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Isodictya trunca Bowerbank, 1882)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Reniera indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866))
