World Porifera Database - Species - Halichondria columbae (Walker, 1812)

Porifera name details

Halichondria columbae (Walker, 1812)

AphiaID

1783090 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1783090)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Haliclona columbae (Walker, 1812)

Rank

Species

Parent

Halichondria Fleming, 1828

Original name

Spongia columbae Walker, 1812

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Spongia columbae Walker, 1812) Walker, J. (1812). Essays on natural history and rural economy. London (Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme) and Edinburgh (Guthrie & Haderson). pp 196-197. [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. Halichondria columbae (Walker, 1812). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1783090 on 2026-08-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-12-10 13:16:11Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (2)

original description (of Spongia columbae Walker, 1812) Walker, J. (1812). Essays on natural history and rural economy. London (Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme) and Edinburgh (Guthrie & Haderson). pp 196-197. [details]

new combination reference 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): 521 [details]