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Chalinula Schmidt, 1868

1870240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1870240)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Haplosclerida (Order)
  7. Chalinidae (Family)
  8. Chalinula (Genus)
 unaccepted (genus transfer)
Haliclona (Chalinula) Schmidt, 1868
Genus
Chalinula renieroides Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) renieroides (Schmidt, 1868) (type by monotypy)
Chalinidae Bowerbank, 1862

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  1. Species Chalinula amoyensis (Brøndsted, 1929) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) amoyensis (Brøndsted, 1929) (genus transfer)
  2. Species Chalinula camerata (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) camerata (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
  3. Species Chalinula chelysa Bispo, Willenz & Hajdu, 2022 accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) chelysa Bispo, Willenz & Hajdu, 2022 (genus transfer)
  4. Species Chalinula claviformis (Carter, 1886) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) claviformis (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
  5. Species Chalinula confusa (Dendy, 1922) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) confusa (Dendy, 1922) (genus transfer)
  6. Species Chalinula coxii Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Craniella coxii (Lendenfeld, 1886) (genus transfer)
  7. Species Chalinula crassiloba (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) crassiloba (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  8. Species Chalinula densa (Brøndsted, 1924) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) densa (Brøndsted, 1924) (genus transfer)
  9. Species Chalinula ecbasis (De Laubenfels, 1930) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) ecbasis (de Laubenfels, 1930) (reverted genus transfer)
  10. Species Chalinula exigua (Lendenfeld, 1887) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) exigua (Lendenfeld, 1887) (genus transfer)
  11. Species Chalinula fertilis Keller, 1880 accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) renieroides (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  12. Species Chalinula finitima (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) finitima (Schmidt, 1870) (subgenus assignment)
  13. Species Chalinula folia accepted as Haliclona folium (Schmidt, 1870) (misspelling of species name)
  14. Species Chalinula folium Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Haliclona folium (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer)
  15. Species Chalinula gracilenta (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) limbata (Montagu, 1814) (junior synonym)
  16. Species Chalinula hooperi (Bakus & Nishiyama, 2000) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) hooperi (Bakus & Nishiyama, 2000) (genus transfer)
  17. Species Chalinula limbata (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) limbata (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer)
  18. Species Chalinula loosanoffi (Hartman, 1958) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) loosanoffi (Hartman, 1958) (reverted genus transfer)
  19. Species Chalinula mcandrewii (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Haliclona (Halichoclona) fistulosa (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  20. Species Chalinula membranacea Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Haliclona membranacea (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer)
  21. Species Chalinula milnei (De Laubenfels, 1954) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) milnei (de Laubenfels, 1954) (genus transfer)
  22. Species Chalinula molitba (de Laubenfels, 1949) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) molitba (de Laubenfels, 1949) (reverted genus transfer)
  23. Species Chalinula montagui (Fleming, 1828) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer)
  24. Species Chalinula nematifera (De Laubenfels, 1954) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) nematifera (de Laubenfels, 1954) (genus transfer)
  25. Species Chalinula nigra Boury-Esnault & Lopes, 1985 accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) nigra Boury-Esnault & Lopes, 1985 (genus transfer)
  26. Species Chalinula ovulum Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Amphilectus ovulum (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer)
  27. Species Chalinula pallida (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  28. Species Chalinula parasimulans (Lévi, 1959) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) parasimulans (Lévi, 1959) (reverted genus transfer)
  29. Species Chalinula pedunculata Merejkowsky, 1878 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  30. Species Chalinula pseudomolitba (de Weerdt, Rützler & Smith, 1991) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) molitba (de Laubenfels, 1949) (junior synonym)
  31. Species Chalinula qatari Giraldes & Goodwin, 2020 accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) qatari Giraldes & Goodwin, 2020 (genus transfer)
  32. Species Chalinula ramiculosa Bispo, Willenz & Hajdu, 2022 accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) ramiculosa Bispo, Willenz & Hajdu, 2022 (genus transfer)
  33. Species Chalinula renieroides Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) renieroides (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer)
  34. Species Chalinula rigida (Lendenfeld, 1887) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) rigida (Lendenfeld, 1887) (genus transfer)
  35. Species Chalinula saudiensis Vacelet, Al Sofyani, Al Lihaibi & Kornprobst, 2001 accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) saudiensis Vacelet, Al Sofyani, Al Lihaibi & Kornprobst, 2001 (genus transfer)
  36. Species Chalinula seriata (Grant, 1826) accepted as Ophlitaspongia papilla Bowerbank, 1866 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  37. Species Chalinula spiculifera (Lendenfeld, 1887) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) spiculifera (Lendenfeld, 1887) (genus transfer)
  38. Species Chalinula tamoiensis Luna, Bispo & Esteves, 2025 accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) tamoiensis Luna, Bispo & Esteves, 2025 (genus transfer)
  39. Species Chalinula variabilis (Thiele, 1905) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) variabilis (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
  40. Species Chalinula velinea (de Laubenfels, 1954) accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) velinea (de Laubenfels, 1954) (genus transfer)
  41. Species Chalinula zeae de Weerdt, 2000 accepted as Haliclona (Chalinula) zeae de Weerdt, 2000 (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
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): 7 [details] OpenAccess publication
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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Chalinula Schmidt, 1868. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1870240 on 2026-09-04
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2026-02-19 15:24:56Z
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Boury-Esnault, Nicole
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description 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): 7 [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
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status source Bispo, A.; Carraro, J.L.; Mott, T.; Hajdu, E. (2026). Integrative taxonomy reveals 10 new species, new records, new combinations, exotic and cryptogenic species of Tropical South-western Atlantic Chalinidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Haplosclerida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 206(2): 2-89., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf162 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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