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Porifera taxon details

Halichondria Fleming, 1828

Halichondria panicea
Halichondria panicea

131807  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131807)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Suberitida (Order)
  7. Halichondriidae (Family)
  8. Halichondria (Genus)
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  1. Subgenus Halichondria (Eumastia) Schmidt, 1870
    1. Species Halichondria (Eumastia) attenuata (Topsent, 1915)
    2. Species Halichondria (Eumastia) maraensis Kim & Sim, 2009
    3. Species Halichondria (Eumastia) schmidti (Dendy, 1895)
    4. Species Halichondria (Eumastia) sitiens (Schmidt, 1870)
  2. Subgenus Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828
    1. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) adelpha de Laubenfels, 1954
    2. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) agglomerans Cabioch, 1968
    3. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) aldabrensis Lévi, 1961
    4. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) arenacea Dendy, 1895
    5. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) arenosa Hentschel, 1929
    6. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) axinelloides Swartschewsky, 1906
    7. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki Burton, 1930
    8. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) brondstedi de Laubenfels, 1936
    9. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) brunnea (Schmidt, 1868)
    10. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) cancellosa (Carter, 1886)
    11. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) capensis Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
    12. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) carotenoidea Alvarez & Hooper, 2011
    13. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) cartilaginea (Esper, 1797)
    14. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) cebimarensis Carvalho & Hajdu, 2001
    15. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) coerulea Bergquist, 1967
    16. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) colossea Lundbeck, 1902
    17. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) contorta (Sarà, 1961)
    18. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) convolvens Sarà, 1960
    19. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) cornuloides Burton, 1954
    20. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) cristata Sarà, 1978
    21. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) cylindrata Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
    22. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) darwinensis Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997
    23. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) diazae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
    24. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) diversispiculata Burton, 1930
    25. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) dubia (Czerniavsky, 1880)
    26. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) elenae Gastaldi, De Paula, Narvarte, Lôbo-Hajdu & Hajdu, 2018
    27. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) fallax (Marshall, 1892)
    28. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) flexuosa (Sarà, 1978)
    29. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) foetida (Wilson, 1894)
    30. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) foraminosa (Czerniavsky, 1880)
    31. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) fragilis Kieschnick, 1896
    32. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) gageoenesis Kang & Sim, 2008
    33. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) genitrix (Schmidt, 1870)
    34. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) gilvus Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
    35. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) glabrata Keller, 1891
    36. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) heterorrhaphis Breitfuss, 1912
    37. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) intermedia Brøndsted, 1924
    38. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) isthmica (Keller, 1883)
    39. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) japonica (Kadota, 1922)
    40. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) knowltoni Bergquist, 1961
    41. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) labiata Hentschel, 1929
    42. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) lambei Brøndsted, 1933
    43. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) lendenfeldi Lévi, 1961
    44. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) leuconoides Topsent, 1890
    45. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) longispicula (Czerniavsky, 1880)
    46. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) lutea Alcolado, 1984
    47. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) madagascarensis Payne, Samaai & Gibbons, 2025
    48. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) magniconulosa Hechtel, 1965
    49. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) marianae Santos, Nascimento & Pinheiro, 2018
    50. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) melanadocia de Laubenfels, 1936
    51. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) membranacea (Sarà, 1978)
    52. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) microbiana Alvarez & Hooper, 2011
    53. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) migottea Carvalho & Hajdu, 2001
    54. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) minuta Keller, 1891
    55. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) modesta (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986)
    56. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) moorei Bergquist, 1961
    57. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) muanensis Kang & Sim, 2008
    58. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) nigrocutis (Carter, 1886)
    59. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) normani Burton, 1930
    60. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) oblonga (Hansen, 1885)
    61. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) okadai (Kadota, 1922)
    62. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) osculum Lundbeck, 1902
    63. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) oshoro Tanita, 1961
    64. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) oxiparva (Sarà, 1978)
    65. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766)
    66. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) papillaris (Pallas, 1766)
    67. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) pelliculata Ridley & Dendy, 1886
    68. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) phakellioides Dendy & Frederick, 1924
    69. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) poa (de Laubenfels, 1947)
    70. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) prostrata Thiele, 1905
    71. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) punctata Bergquist, 1970
    72. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) renieroides (Fristedt, 1887)
    73. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)
    74. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) solidior (Schmidt, 1870)
    75. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) stylata Díaz, Pomponi & Van Soest, 1993
    76. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) suberosa (Esper, 1794)
    77. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) sulfurea Carvalho & Hajdu, 2001
    78. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) surrubicunda Hoshino, 1981
    79. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) syringea Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
    80. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) tenebrica Carvalho & Hajdu, 2001
    81. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) tenuiramosa Dendy, 1922
    82. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) tenuispiculata Brøndsted, 1916
    83. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) turritella (Schmidt, 1870)
    84. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) aspera Lieberkühn, 1859 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    85. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) almae (Carballo, Uriz & García-Gómez, 1996) accepted as Ciocalapata almae Carballo, Uriz & García-Gómez, 1996 (reverted genus transfer)
    86. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) armata Lindgren, 1897 accepted as Amorphinopsis armata (Lindgren, 1897) (genus transfer)
    87. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) bergquistae Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997 accepted as Axinyssa bergquistae (Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997) (genus transfer)
    88. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) broendstedi accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) brondstedi de Laubenfels, 1936 (misspelling of species name (incorrect application of art. 32.5.2.1.)
    89. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) corrugata Diaz, van Soest & Pomponi, 1993 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) diazae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
    90. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) granulata Keller, 1891 accepted as Halichondria kelleri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
    91. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) hentscheli Koltun, 1964 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) prostrata Thiele, 1905 (junior synonym)
    92. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) incrustans Kieschnick, 1896 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) brondstedi de Laubenfels, 1936 (preoccupied)
    93. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) incrustans Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) punctata Bergquist, 1970 (preoccupied)
    94. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) pontica (Czerniavsky, 1880) accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814) (unaccepted > unavailable name, ICZN art. 45.5)
    95. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) ridleyi Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997 accepted as Topsentia ridleyi (Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997) (genus transfer)
    96. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) stalagmites (Hentschel, 1912) accepted as Ciocalypta stalagmites Hentschel, 1912 (genus transfer)
    97. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) tenera (Marenzeller, 1878) accepted as Haliclona tenera (Marenzeller, 1878) (genus transfer)
    98. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) vansoesti Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997 accepted as Ciocalypta vansoesti (Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997) (genus transfer)
    99. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) variabilis Lindgren, 1897 accepted as Axinyssa variabilis (Lindgren, 1897) (genus transfer)
    100. Species Halichondria (Halichondria) velamentosa (Hansen, 1885) accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
  3. Species Halichondria akesa Turner, Morrow, Picton, Goodwin & Thacker, 2025
  4. Species Halichondria californiana Turner, Morrow, Picton, Goodwin & Thacker 2025
  5. Species Halichondria cascadia Turner, Morrow, Picton, Goodwin & Thacker 2025
  6. Species Halichondria columbiana Turner, Morrow, Picton, Goodwin & Thacker 2025
  7. Species Halichondria dokdoensis Kang, Kim & Kim, 2022
  8. Species Halichondria flava (Merejkowsky, 1878)
  9. Species Halichondria galea Turner, Morrow, Picton, Goodwin & Thacker 2025
  10. Species Halichondria hirsuta Fleming, 1828
  11. Species Halichondria hongdoenesis Kang & Sim, 2008
  12. Species Halichondria hygeia Turner, Morrow, Picton, Goodwin & Thacker 2025
  13. Species Halichondria jangseungenesis Kang & Sim, 2011
  14. Species Halichondria kelleri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  15. Species Halichondria loma Turner & Lonhart, 2023
  16. Species Halichondria lona de Laubenfels, 1936
  17. Species Halichondria magellanica Dendy, 1924
  18. Species Halichondria nagokenesis Kang & Sim, 2011
  19. Species Halichondria pinaza Turner, Morrow, Picton, Goodwin & Thacker 2025
  20. Species Halichondria ulleungensis Kang & Sim, 2008
  21. Species Halichondria urca Turner, Morrow, Picton, Goodwin & Thacker 2025
  22. Species Halichondria zabra Turner, Morrow, Picton, Goodwin & Thacker 2025
  23. Species Halichondria albescens sensu Johnston, 1842 (uncertain)
  24. Species Halichondria aspera Lieberkühn, 1859 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  25. Species Halichondria dickiei Bowerbank, 1866 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  26. Species Halichondria fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  27. Species Halichondria regularis Bowerbank, 1874 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  28. Species Halichondria topsenti (Ferrer Hernandez, 1918) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  29. Species Halichondria aceratospiculum Carter, 1880 accepted as Crella (Yvesia) aceratospiculum (Carter, 1880) (genus transfer)
  30. Species Halichondria aculeata Johnston, 1842 accepted as Raspaciona aculeata (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer)
  31. Species Halichondria albescens (Rafinesque, 1818) accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
  32. Species Halichondria armata Lindgren, 1897 accepted as Amorphinopsis armata (Lindgren, 1897) (genus transfer)
  33. Species Halichondria aspera Swartschewsky, 1906 accepted as Halichondria lona de Laubenfels, 1936 (preoccupied)
  34. Species Halichondria aspera Bowerbank, 1875 accepted as Tedania (Tedania) bowerbanki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (genus transfer, junior synonym and preoccupied)
  35. Species Halichondria assimilis Levinsen, 1887 accepted as Hymeniacidon assimilis (Levinsen, 1887) (genus transfer)
  36. Species Halichondria baeri Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) tenuiramosa Dendy, 1922 (junior synonym)
  37. Species Halichondria batei Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842)
  38. Species Halichondria bergquistae Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997 accepted as Axinyssa bergquistae (Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997) (genus transfer)
  39. Species Halichondria bibula (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
  40. Species Halichondria broendstedi de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) brondstedi de Laubenfels, 1936 (misspelling of species name and subgenus assignment)
  41. Species Halichondria candida Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  42. Species Halichondria caruncula (Bowerbank, 1858) accepted as Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1814)
  43. Species Halichondria cavernosa Topsent, 1897 accepted as Axinyssa cavernosa (Topsent, 1897) (genus transfer)
  44. Species Halichondria claviformis (Carter, 1886) accepted as Chalinula claviformis (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
  45. Species Halichondria columbae (Walker, 1812) accepted as Haliclona columbae (Walker, 1812) (genus transfer)
  46. Species Halichondria compressa Bowerbank, 1875 accepted as Clathria compressa (sensu Bowerbank, 1875) (genus transfer)
  47. Species Halichondria compressa Carter, 1886 accepted as Crella (Grayella) carteri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (genus transfer and precoccupied)
  48. Species Halichondria contarenii Lieberkühn, 1859 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) (genus transfer)
  49. Species Halichondria corrugata Diaz, van Soest & Pomponi, 1993 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) diazae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (subgenus assignment and preoccupied)
  50. Species Halichondria corrugata Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) corrugata (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  51. Species Halichondria couchii Bowerbank, 1867 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) fibulata (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  52. Species Halichondria digitata Baer, 1906 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) leopoldi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (genus transfer and preoccupied)
  53. Species Halichondria expansa Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858)
  54. Species Halichondria farinaria Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Suberites ficus (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  55. Species Halichondria fasciculata sensu Lieberkühn, 1859 accepted as Phorbas lieberkuehni (Burton, 1930) (misapplication)
  56. Species Halichondria ficus Johnston, 1842 accepted as Suberites ficus (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer)
  57. Species Halichondria flabellifera Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859) (junior synonym)
  58. Species Halichondria flava Lieberkühn, 1859 accepted as Suberites massa Nardo, 1847 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  59. Species Halichondria foliata Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  60. Species Halichondria genetrix accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) genitrix (Schmidt, 1870) (misspelling of species name)
  61. Species Halichondria gibbsi (Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960) accepted as Ciocalypta gibbsi (Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960) (genus transfer)
  62. Species Halichondria granulata Keller, 1891 accepted as Halichondria kelleri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
  63. Species Halichondria hirta (Topsent, 1889) accepted as Dictyonella hirta (Topsent, 1889) (genus transfer)
  64. Species Halichondria inconspicua Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Haliclona (Halichoclona) fistulosa (Bowerbank, 1866) (junior synonym)
  65. Species Halichondria incrustans Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) punctata Bergquist, 1970 (preoccupied)
  66. Species Halichondria incrustans Kieschnick, 1896 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) brondstedi de Laubenfels, 1936 (preoccupied)
  67. Species Halichondria infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) accepted as Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer)
  68. Species Halichondria intricata Topsent, 1892 accepted as Spongosorites intricatus (Topsent, 1892) (genus transfer)
  69. Species Halichondria irregularis Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842)
  70. Species Halichondria latrunculioides Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Pyloderma latrunculioides (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  71. Species Halichondria macularis Johnston, 1846 accepted as Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  72. Species Halichondria mollissima (Lendenfeld, 1887) accepted as Strongylacidon mollissimum (Lendenfeld, 1887) (genus transfer)
  73. Species Halichondria mutula Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  74. Species Halichondria palmata sensu Lieberkühn, 1859 accepted as Haliclona palmata (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer and misapplication)
  75. Species Halichondria panacea accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) (misspelling of species name)
  76. Species Halichondria phlyctenodes Carter, 1876 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) phlyctenodes (Carter, 1876) (genus transfer)
  77. Species Halichondria plumosa (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Phorbas plumosus (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer)
  78. Species Halichondria pulchella Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858)
  79. Species Halichondria reticulata Baer, 1906 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) tenuiramosa Dendy, 1922 (preoccupied)
  80. Species Halichondria reticulata (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
  81. Species Halichondria ridleyi Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997 accepted as Topsentia ridleyi (Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997) (genus transfer)
  82. Species Halichondria robertsoni Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  83. Species Halichondria rugosa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Topsentia rugosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  84. Species Halichondria saburrata Johnston, 1842 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  85. Species Halichondria sanguinea (Grant, 1826) accepted as Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1814)
  86. Species Halichondria simplex Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Hymeniacidon simplex (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  87. Species Halichondria stalagmites (Hentschel, 1912) accepted as Ciocalypta stalagmites Hentschel, 1912
  88. Species Halichondria subdola Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Homaxinella subdola (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  89. Species Halichondria suberica accepted as Suberites suberia (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer and spelling mistake)
  90. Species Halichondria symbiotica Lévi, 1961 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) cartilaginea (Esper, 1797) (junior synonym)
  91. Species Halichondria tenera (Marenzeller, 1878) accepted as Haliclona tenera (Marenzeller, 1878) (genus transfer)
  92. Species Halichondria tenuiderma Lundbeck, 1902 accepted as Haliclona tenuiderma (Lundbeck, 1902) (genus transfer)
  93. Species Halichondria tyleri (Bowerbank, 1873) accepted as Ciocalypta tyleri Bowerbank, 1873 (reverted genus transfer)
  94. Species Halichondria vansoesti Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997 accepted as Ciocalypta vansoesti (Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997)
  95. Species Halichondria varia Bowerbank, 1875 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) varia (Bowerbank, 1875) (genus transfer)
  96. Species Halichondria variabilis (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Xestospongia variabilis (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
  97. Species Halichondria velamentosa (Hansen, 1885) accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
  98. Species Halichondria velutata (Renier, 1807) accepted as Desmacella velutata (Renier, 1807) (genus transfer)
  99. Species Halichondria ventilabrum (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Phakellia ventilabrum (Linnaeus, 1767) (genus transfer)
  100. Species Halichondria virgea Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) fimbriata (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  101. Species Halichondria abyssi Carter, 1874 represented as Iotroata abyssi (Carter, 1874) (genus transfer)
  102. Species Halichondria adelpha de Laubenfels, 1954 represented as Halichondria (Halichondria) adelpha de Laubenfels, 1954 (subgenus assignment)
  103. Species Halichondria aegagropila Johnston, 1842 represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) (genus transfer)
  104. Species Halichondria agglomerans Cabioch, 1968 represented as Halichondria (Halichondria) agglomerans Cabioch, 1968 (subgenus assignment)
  105. Species Halichondria albula Bowerbank, 1866 represented as Crella (Yvesia) albula (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  106. Species Halichondria aldabrensis Lévi, 1961 represented as Halichondria (Halichondria) aldabrensis Lévi, 1961 (subgenus assignment)
  107. Species Halichondria ambigua Bowerbank, 1874 represented as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
  108. Species Halichondria angulata Bowerbank, 1866 represented as Haliclona (Gellius) angulata (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  109. Species Halichondria anhelans (Vio in Olivi, 1792) represented as Tedania (Tedania) anhelans (Vio in Olivi, 1792) (genus transfer)
  110. Species Halichondria aplysinoides Dendy, 1922 represented as Axinyssa aplysinoides (Dendy, 1922) (genus transfer)
  111. Species Halichondria arenacea Dendy, 1895 represented as Halichondria (Halichondria) arenacea Dendy, 1895 (subgenus assignment)
  112. Species Halichondria arenosa Hentschel, 1929 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  113. Species Halichondria attenuata (Topsent, 1915) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  114. Species Halichondria aurantiaca (Schmidt, 1864) (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  115. Species Halichondria axinelloides Swartschewsky, 1906 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  116. Species Halichondria birotulata Higgin, 1877 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  117. Species Halichondria borealis (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870) (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  118. Species Halichondria bowerbanki Burton, 1930 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  119. Species Halichondria braziliensis Hechtel, 1983 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  120. Species Halichondria brettii (Bowerbank, 1866) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  121. Species Halichondria brondstedi de Laubenfels, 1936 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  122. Species Halichondria brunnea (Schmidt, 1868) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  123. Species Halichondria bubastes Row, 1911 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  124. Species Halichondria bulbosa Carter, 1876 (alternative representation, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  125. Species Halichondria caduca Bowerbank, 1866 (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  126. Species Halichondria capensis Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  127. Species Halichondria carnosa Johnston, 1842 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  128. Species Halichondria cartilaginea (Esper, 1797) (alternative representation)
  129. Species Halichondria cebimarensis Carvalho & Hajdu, 2001 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  130. Species Halichondria celata (Grant, 1826) (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  131. Species Halichondria cervicornis Johnston, 1842 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  132. Species Halichondria cinerea (Grant, 1826) (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  133. Species Halichondria clathriformis Lendenfeld, 1888 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  134. Species Halichondria coalita (sensu Lamarck, 1814) (alternative representation, synonym)
  135. Species Halichondria coccinea Bowerbank, 1861 (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  136. Species Halichondria coerulea Bergquist, 1967 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  137. Species Halichondria colossea Lundbeck, 1902 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  138. Species Halichondria condensa Bowerbank, 1882 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  139. Species Halichondria contorta (Sarà, 1961) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  140. Species Halichondria convolvens Sarà, 1960 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  141. Species Halichondria coralloides Bowerbank, 1882 (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  142. Species Halichondria cornuloides Burton, 1954 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  143. Species Halichondria corona Lieberkühn, 1859 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  144. Species Halichondria crassa Bowerbank, 1875 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  145. Species Halichondria cristata Sarà, 1978 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  146. Species Halichondria cylindracea Bowerbank, 1882 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  147. Species Halichondria cylindrata Tanita & Hoshino, 1989 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  148. Species Halichondria darwinensis Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  149. Species Halichondria difficilis Lundbeck, 1902 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  150. Species Halichondria disparilis Lambe, 1893 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  151. Species Halichondria distorta Bowerbank, 1866 (alternative representation, synonym)
  152. Species Halichondria diversispiculata Burton, 1930 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  153. Species Halichondria dubia (Czerniavsky, 1880) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  154. Species Halichondria dura Lindgren, 1897 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  155. Species Halichondria edusa Bowerbank, 1874 (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  156. Species Halichondria elegantia Bowerbank, 1875 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  157. Species Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  158. Species Halichondria fibrosa (Fristedt, 1887) (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  159. Species Halichondria firmus (Bowerbank, 1874) (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  160. Species Halichondria foraminosa (Czerniavsky, 1880) (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  161. Species Halichondria forcipis Bowerbank, 1866 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  162. Species Halichondria fragilis Kieschnick, 1896 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  163. Species Halichondria frondifera Bowerbank, 1875 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  164. Species Halichondria fucorum (Esper, 1794) (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  165. Species Halichondria gageoenesis Kang & Sim, 2008 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  166. Species Halichondria genitrix (Schmidt, 1870) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  167. Species Halichondria gilvus Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  168. Species Halichondria glabra Bowerbank, 1866 (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  169. Species Halichondria glabrata Keller, 1891 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  170. Species Halichondria granulata Bowerbank, 1866 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  171. Species Halichondria grisea (Fristedt, 1887) (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  172. Species Halichondria hentscheli Koltun, 1964 (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  173. Species Halichondria heterorrhaphis Breitfuss, 1912 (alternative representation, subgenus transfer)
  174. Species Halichondria hyndmani Bowerbank, 1858 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  175. Species Halichondria hystrix Johnston, 1842 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  176. Species Halichondria incerta Bowerbank, 1866 (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  177. Species Halichondria incrustans Johnston, 1842 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  178. Species Halichondria infrequens Carter, 1881 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  179. Species Halichondria ingalli Bowerbank, 1866 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  180. Species Halichondria inops Topsent, 1891 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  181. Species Halichondria inornata Bowerbank, 1866 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  182. Species Halichondria intermedia Brøndsted, 1924 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  183. Species Halichondria isodictyalis Carter, 1882 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  184. Species Halichondria japonica (Kadota, 1922) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  185. Species Halichondria johnstonia Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  186. Species Halichondria knowltoni Bergquist, 1961 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  187. Species Halichondria labiata Hentschel, 1929 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  188. Species Halichondria lactea (Bowerbank, 1866) (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  189. Species Halichondria lambei Brøndsted, 1933 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  190. Species Halichondria lendenfeldi Lévi, 1961 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  191. Species Halichondria leuconoides Topsent, 1890 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  192. Species Halichondria longispicula (Czerniavsky, 1880) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  193. Species Halichondria lutea Alcolado, 1984 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  194. Species Halichondria luxurians Lieberkühn, 1859 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  195. Species Halichondria maculans Johnston, 1842 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  196. Species Halichondria magniconulosa Hechtel, 1965 (alternative representation)
  197. Species Halichondria mammillata Lendenfeld, 1888 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  198. Species Halichondria mcintoshii Bowerbank, 1874 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  199. Species Halichondria melanadocia de Laubenfels, 1936 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  200. Species Halichondria membrana (Bowerbank, 1866) (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  201. Species Halichondria migottea Carvalho & Hajdu, 2001 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  202. Species Halichondria minuta Keller, 1891 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  203. Species Halichondria montaguii Fleming, 1828 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  204. Species Halichondria moorei Bergquist, 1961 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  205. Species Halichondria muanensis Kang & Sim, 2008 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  206. Species Halichondria nigra Dendy, 1922 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  207. Species Halichondria nigricans Bowerbank, 1866 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  208. Species Halichondria nodosa (Fristedt, 1887) (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  209. Species Halichondria normani Burton, 1930 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  210. Species Halichondria oblonga (Hansen, 1885) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  211. Species Halichondria oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  212. Species Halichondria okadai (Kadota, 1922) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  213. Species Halichondria osculum Lundbeck, 1902 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  214. Species Halichondria oshoro Tanita, 1961 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  215. Species Halichondria pachastrelloides Topsent, 1892 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  216. Species Halichondria paciscens (Schmidt, 1875) (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  217. Species Halichondria palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  218. Species Halichondria panicea (Pallas, 1766) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  219. Species Halichondria pannosus Verrill, 1874 (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  220. Species Halichondria papillaris (Pallas, 1766) (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  221. Species Halichondria papillata Baer, 1906 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  222. Species Halichondria parasitica (Montagu, 1814) (alternative representation, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  223. Species Halichondria pattersoni Bowerbank, 1866 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  224. Species Halichondria pelliculata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  225. Species Halichondria phakellioides Dendy & Frederick, 1924 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  226. Species Halichondria prostrata Thiele, 1905 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  227. Species Halichondria punctata Bergquist, 1970 (alternative representation)
  228. Species Halichondria purpurea Bowerbank, 1875 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  229. Species Halichondria pustulosa Carter, 1882 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  230. Species Halichondria renieroides (Fristedt, 1887) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  231. Species Halichondria reticulata Brøndsted, 1924 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment and preoccupied)
  232. Species Halichondria reticulata Lieberkühn, 1859 (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  233. Species Halichondria retiderma Dendy, 1922 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  234. Species Halichondria rigida Bowerbank, 1875 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  235. Species Halichondria rosacea Lieberkühn, 1859 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  236. Species Halichondria rubra Lendenfeld, 1888 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  237. Species Halichondria ruetzleri van Soest & Stentoft, 1988 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  238. Species Halichondria scabida Carter, 1885 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  239. Species Halichondria scandens Bowerbank, 1866 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  240. Species Halichondria semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  241. Species Halichondria seriata sensu Johnston, 1842 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  242. Species Halichondria sevosa Johnston, 1842 (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  243. Species Halichondria simulans Johnston, 1842 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  244. Species Halichondria sitiens (Schmidt, 1870) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  245. Species Halichondria solida Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  246. Species Halichondria stelliderma Carter, 1886 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  247. Species Halichondria stylata Díaz, Pomponi & Van Soest, 1993 (alternative representation)
  248. Species Halichondria suberea (alternative representation, genus transfer and spelling mistake)
  249. Species Halichondria suberia (Montagu, 1814) (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  250. Species Halichondria sulfurea Carvalho & Hajdu, 2001 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  251. Species Halichondria surrubicunda Hoshino, 1981 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  252. Species Halichondria syringea Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  253. Species Halichondria tenebrica Carvalho & Hajdu, 2001 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  254. Species Halichondria tenuiramosa Dendy, 1922 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  255. Species Halichondria tenuispiculata Brøndsted, 1916 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  256. Species Halichondria thompsoni Bowerbank, 1866 (alternative representation, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  257. Species Halichondria topsenti de Laubenfels, 1936 (alternative representation, junior synonym)
  258. Species Halichondria tuberculatum Keller, 1891 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  259. Species Halichondria variabilis Lindgren, 1897 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  260. Species Halichondria variantia Bowerbank, 1858 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  261. Species Halichondria virgultosa Johnston, 1842 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 522 [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Halichondria Fleming, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131807 on 2026-02-05
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Boury-Esnault, Nicole
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 522 [details] 

basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Full text PDF

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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Nomenclature note The division of genus Halichondria into two subgenera, Halichondria (Halichondria) and Halichondria (Eumastia) proposed by Erpenbeck & Van Soest (2002), and so far followed here, is challenged by Turner et al. (2025) on the grounds that sequences of both type species (H.(H.) panicea and H. (E.) sitiens) end up in the same clade and that spicular differences are minor. As the ICZN allows subgenus names to be used or not, we will await further (molecular) support for species so far assigned to H. (Eumastia) being non-monophyletic, before abandoning the subgenus division. For the time being we maintain the subgenus names.  [details]
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