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Haliclona (Gellius) angulata (Bowerbank, 1866)

132773 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132773)

accepted
Species
Amorphina connexa Topsent, 1888 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Halichondria angulata Bowerbank, 1866 · alternative representation (genus transfer)
Haliclona accomodata (Schmidt, 1868) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Haliclona angulata (Bowerbank, 1866) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Isodictya fallax Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Isodictya indefinita Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Orina angulata (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Reniera accomodata Schmidt, 1868 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Halichondria angulata 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): 233-234 [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  (of Halichondria angulata Bowerbank, 1866)...  
Holotype (of Halichondria angulata Bowerbank, 1866) BMNH 1910.1.1.173, 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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Haliclona (Gellius) angulata (Bowerbank, 1866). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132773 on 2026-07-08
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description (of Halichondria angulata 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): 233-234 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Reniera accomodata Schmidt, 1868) Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V.
page(s): 30 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Amorphina connexa Topsent, 1888) Topsent, E. (1888). Contribution à l'étude des Clionides. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> supplement 2 (5 bis) mém IV: 1-165, pls I-VII.
page(s): 144-145 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Isodictya fallax 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): 302-303 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Isodictya indefinita 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): 286-287 [details] OpenAccess publication

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] Full text PDF

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  PDF available [request]

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): 47 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ereskovsky, A.; Morozov, G. (2025). Checklist of sponges (Porifera) from the White Sea, Arctic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5584(1): 71-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.1.4
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Sim, C.J.; Shim, E.J.. 2006. A taxonomic study on marine sponges from Chujado Islands, Korea. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 22 (2): 153-168
page(s): 167; note: Misapplication [details] OpenAccess publication

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

basis of record (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) 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] Full text PDF

basis of record (of Haliclona angulata (Bowerbank, 1866)) Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 136 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) 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  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Sim, C.J. (1981). A systematic study on the marine sponges of Korea 1. Ceractinomorpha and Tetractinomorpha. <em>Soong Jun University Essays and Papers.</em> 11: 83-105.
page(s): 85; note: Misapplication. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Isodictya fallax Bowerbank, 1866) 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): 132, Pl. LI 10-13; note: illustration of the type-specimen [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Isodictya indefinita Bowerbank, 1866) 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): 126, Pl. XLIX 16-18; note: illustration of the type-specimen [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Haliclona angulata (Bowerbank, 1866)) De Weerdt, W.H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1986). Marine shallow-water Haplosclerida (Porifera) from the south-eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 225: 1-49.
page(s): 18-20 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Haliclona angulata (Bowerbank, 1866)) de Weerdt, W.H. (1987). The marine shallow-water Chalinidae (Haplosclerida, Porifera) of the British Iles. <i>In</i>: Jones WC (ed) European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. <em>Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station.</em> 1: 74-108. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Haliclona angulata (Bowerbank, 1866)) Naveiro Millán, A. (2002). Poríferos de la costa da Arrábida (Portugal). Clase Demospongiae. <em>Tesina Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 165 pp.
page(s): 122-123 Figura 55 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Orina angulata (Bowerbank, 1866)) Pansini, M.; Musso, B. (1991). Sponges from trawl-exploitable bottoms of the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas: distribution and ecology. <em>P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology.</em> 12 (4): 317-329., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1991.tb00261.x
page(s): 320 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Carballo, J.L.; Garcia-Gómez, J.C. (1994). Esponjas del Estrecho de Gibraltar y áreas próximas, con nuevas aportaciones para la fauna Iberica [Porifera from the Straits of Gibraltar and nearby areas, new species of the Iberian fauna]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 35(2): 193-211. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 197 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Sim, C. J. (1982). A systematic study on the marine sponges from Jeju Island. <em>Soong Jun University Essays Papers.</em> 12: 187-210.
page(s): 197; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Topsent, E. (1891). Spongaires des côtes océaniques de France. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 6: 125-129.
page(s): 127 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Bibiloni, M-A. (1982). Estudio sistematico del O. Haplosclerida (Demospongia) del litoral de Blanes (Girona). <em>Actas II Simposio Ibérico de Estudios del Bentos marino, 3, 81-99.</em>
page(s): 95-96; fig 4B [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
page(s): 1018-1021; Lám. 133 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Girard-Descatoire, A.; Castric-Fey, A.; L'Hardy-Halos, M.T. (1995). Inventaire de la Faune et de la Flore sur les fonds rocheux autour de l'île d'Ouessant. Rapport ADMS, Direction Régionale de l'Environnement Bretagne, Conseil Régional de Bretagne, Conseil Général du Finistère, Fonds Européens, Rennes., 148pp. Convention ZNIEFF 94.
page(s): Annexe 1, 8 [details] 

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Castric-Fey, A. (1996). Richesse et biodiversité en mer mégatidale: communautés sublittorales rocheuses de la région de Trébeurden-Ploumanac'h (Nord Bretagne France). <em>Cahiers de Biologie marine.</em> 37, 7-31.
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Lundbeck, W. (1902). Porifera. (Part I.) Homorrhaphidae and Heterorrhaphidae. <em>In: The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 6(1). (Bianco Luno: Copenhagen).</em> Pp. 1-108, pls I-XIX, 1 map.
note: Misapplication: see Burton 1930 & Vacelet 1969 p. 209 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1978). Report on a Collection of Sponges from the Bay of Naples. III Hadromerida, Axinellida, Poecilosclerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 45: 7-89.
page(s): 80-81 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 44-45 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Sarà, M. (1960). Poriferi del litorale dell'isola d'lschia e loro ripartizioneper ambienti. <em>Pubblicazioni della Stazione zoologica di Napoli.</em> 31(3):421-472, pls XII-XIII.
page(s): 464 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 76-77 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Topsent, E. (1892). Diagnoses d'éponges nouvelles de la Méditerranée et plus particulièrement de Banyuls. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (2) 10 (Notes et Revue 6) xvii-xxviii.
page(s): XVII [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Topsent, E. (1901). Considérations sur la faune des spongiaires des côtes d'Algérie. Eponges de La Calle. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (3) 9: 327-370, pls XIII-XIV.
page(s): 356 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 314-315 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Topsent, E. (1932). Remarques sur des Eponges de l'estuaire de la Rance. <em>Bulletin du Laboratoire maritime du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Saint-Servan.</em> 8: 1-7.
page(s): 2 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Halichondria angulata Bowerbank, 1866) 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

additional source (of Haliclona accomodata (Schmidt, 1868)) 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

additional source (of Halichondria angulata Bowerbank, 1866) 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): 101, Pl. XLI 4-8; note: illustration of the type-specimen [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Reniera accomodata Schmidt, 1868) 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

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Babić, K. (1922). Monactinellida und Tetractinellida des Adriatischen Meeres. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 46(2): 217-302, pls 8-9.
page(s): 230; fig J [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 25-26 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Boury-Esnault, N. (1971). Spongiaires de la zone rocheuse de Banyuls-sur-Mer. II. Systématique. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 22(2): 287-349.
page(s): 330-331 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. (1994). Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d'Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 160: 1-174., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1994_T160_N000_1
page(s): 129-130; fig 99 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Descatoire, A. (1969). Peuplements sessiles de l'Archipel de Glénan de l'infralittoral rocheux. I. - Inventaire: Spongiaires. <em>Vie et Milieu (B, Océanographie).</em> 20 (1B): 177-209.
page(s): 201 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Ferrer Hernández, F. (1914). Esponjas del Cantábrico. Parte 2. III. Myxospongida. IV. Tetraxonida. V. Triaxonida. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Zoológica).</em> 17: 1-46.
page(s): 28 [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Topsent, E. (1925). Éponges de l'Étang de Thau. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 452, 1-42.
page(s): 12-14; note: comparison with specimens of Schmidt [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy (of Orina angulata (Bowerbank, 1866)) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 84: 445-621.
page(s): 584-585 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy (of Haliclona angulata (Bowerbank, 1866)) Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source (of Gellius angulatus (Bowerbank, 1866)) Lévi, C. (1956). Étude des <i>Halisarca</i> de Roscoff. Embryologie et systématique des démosponges. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 93(1): 1-181.
page(s): 120-121 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Holotype (of Halichondria angulata Bowerbank, 1866) BMNH 1910.1.1.173, geounit Celtic Seas [details]
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Type specimen Holotype: BMNH 1910.1.1.173

Type locality: Guernsey [details]
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