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Halicnemia arcuata
(Higgin, 1877)
AphiaID
165981
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165981)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Axinellida
(Order)
Stelligeridae
(Family)
Halicnemia
(Genus)
Halicnemia arcuata
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Halicnemia
Bowerbank, 1864
Original name
Higginsia coralloides var. arcuata
Higgin, 1877
Synonymised names
Higginsia arcuata
Higgin, 1877
·
unaccepted
(genus transfer)
Higginsia coralloides var. arcuata
Higgin, 1877
·
unaccepted
(genus transfer and status change)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Higginsia coralloides var. arcuata
Higgin, 1877
)
Higgin, T. (1877). Description of some Sponges obtained during a Cruise of the Steam-Yacht ‘Argo' in the Caribbean and neighbouring Seas. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 19: 291-299, pl. XIV.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937708682143
page(s): 293-294
[details]
Type data
Type locality contained in
Celtic Seas
type locality contained in
Celtic Seas
[from synonym]
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Descriptive notes
Taxonomy
Almost certainly a synonym of
Halicnemia patera
.
Taxonomy
Almost certainly a synonym of
Halicnemia patera
.
[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 arcuata
(Higgin, 1877). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=165981 on 2026-07-19
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
created
db_admin
2007-08-21 14:09:35Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2018-07-09 14:43:58Z
changed
Boury-Esnault, Nicole
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Documented distribution (1)
Notes (1)
Attributes (5)
original description
(of
Higginsia coralloides var. arcuata
Higgin, 1877
)
Higgin, T. (1877). Description of some Sponges obtained during a Cruise of the Steam-Yacht ‘Argo' in the Caribbean and neighbouring Seas. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 19: 291-299, pl. XIV.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937708682143
page(s): 293-294
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Taxonomy
Almost certainly a synonym of
Halicnemia patera
.
[details]
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