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Halicnemia weltoni
Turner & Pankey, 2023
Halicnemia weltoni
AphiaID
1634831
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1634831)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Axinellida
(Order)
Stelligeridae
(Family)
Halicnemia
(Genus)
Halicnemia weltoni
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Halicnemia
Bowerbank, 1864
Original name
Halicnemia weltoni
Turner & Pankey, 2023
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
Turner, T.L.; Pankey, M.S. (2023). The order Axinellida (Porifera: Demospongiae) in California. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5230 (5): 501-539.
,
available online at
http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DEDE2667-28DA-426F-92C5-92A8B548CAA5
page(s): 531–533
[details]
Available for editors
[request]
Type data
Holotype
CAS IZ10841, geounit Northern California
Holotype
CAS IZ10841, geounit Northern California
[details]
Taxonomic citation
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.
Halicnemia weltoni
Turner & Pankey, 2023. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1634831 on 2026-08-04
Taxonomic edit history
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Morrow, Christine
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original description
Turner, T.L.; Pankey, M.S. (2023). The order Axinellida (Porifera: Demospongiae) in California. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5230 (5): 501-539.
,
available online at
http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DEDE2667-28DA-426F-92C5-92A8B548CAA5
page(s): 531–533
[details]
Available for editors
[request]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Holotype
CAS IZ10841, geounit Northern California
[details]
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Definitions
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halicnemia weltoni)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
From editor or global species database
Halicnemia weltoni
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