WoRMS name details
Chalina gracilenta Bowerbank, 1866
190338 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190338)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior 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): 372-373 [details]
page(s): 372-373 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1877.5.21.2089, geounit Celtic Seas
Holotype BMNH 1877.5.21.2089, geounit Celtic Seas [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. Chalina gracilenta Bowerbank, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=190338 on 2026-03-01
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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): 372-373 [details]
page(s): 372-373 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
de Weerdt, W.H. (1986). A systematic revision of the north-eastern Atlantic shallow-water Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae): 2. Chalinidae. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 36(6): 81-165. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 146 [details]
page(s): 146 [details]
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): 171, Pl. LXVII 4-6; note: illustration of the type specimen [details]
additional source Hanitsch, R. (1890). Third Report on the Porifera of the L.M.B.C.District. <em>Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 4: 192-238, pls X-XV.
page(s): 199-201 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1926). Cambridge Expedition to the Suez canal, III. Report on the sponges. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society.</em> 22: 71-83.
note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1891). Spongaires des côtes océaniques de France. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 6: 125-129.
page(s): 128 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1889). Observation de gemmules d'une <i>Chalina</i> sur les huitres d'Arcachon. <em>Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie.</em> (4) 2: 153-154.
page(s): 154 [details]
page(s): 171, Pl. LXVII 4-6; note: illustration of the type specimen [details]
additional source Hanitsch, R. (1890). Third Report on the Porifera of the L.M.B.C.District. <em>Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 4: 192-238, pls X-XV.
page(s): 199-201 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1926). Cambridge Expedition to the Suez canal, III. Report on the sponges. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society.</em> 22: 71-83.
note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1891). Spongaires des côtes océaniques de France. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 6: 125-129.
page(s): 128 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1889). Observation de gemmules d'une <i>Chalina</i> sur les huitres d'Arcachon. <em>Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie.</em> (4) 2: 153-154.
page(s): 154 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1877.5.21.2089, geounit Celtic Seas [details]
From editor or global species database
Type designation See image of the type specimen and a spicule in Bowerbank, 1874: 171, pl. LXVII [details]
