Marine Species Traits - Haliclona cymaeformis (Esper, 1806)

Traits name details

Haliclona cymaeformis (Esper, 1806)

AphiaID

1595824 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1595824)

Classification

Status

alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Accepted name

Haliclona (Gellius) cymaeformis (Esper, 1806)

Rank

Species

Parent

Haliclona Grant, 1841

Original name

Spongia cymaeformis Esper, 1806

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Esper, E.J.C. 1806. Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. ZweyterTheil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 25-48, pls LXV-LXX
page(s): 43, plate LXIX figs 1-2 [details] Available for editors

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. Haliclona cymaeformis (Esper, 1806). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1595824 on 2026-07-01

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Haliclona cymaeformis (Esper, 1806). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1595824 on 2026-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-07-28 10:31:15Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (6)
Links (3)

original description (of ) Esper, E.J.C. 1806. Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. ZweyterTheil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 25-48, pls LXV-LXX
page(s): 43, plate LXIX figs 1-2 [details] Available for editors

additional source Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 114 [details]

additional source Fromont, J. (1998). Order Haplosclerida. In: Lévi, C. (ed.) Sponges of the New Caledonian Lagoon. Editions ORSTOM, Paris, 137-156 pp.
page(s): 137-138 [details]

additional source Lim, S.C.; de Voogd, N.J.; Tan, K.S. (2008). A guide to sponges of Singapore. Science Centre Singapore, pp. 1-173.
page(s): 127-128 [details] Available for editors

additional source Fromont, J.; Vanderklift, M.A. (2009). Porifera (sponges) of Mermaid, Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, north Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 77: 89-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0313-122x.77.2009.089-103
page(s): 95 [details] Available for editors

additional source Fromont, J. (2003). Porifera (Sponges) in the Dampier Archipelago: taxonomie affinities and biogeography. pp. 405-417. In: Wells, F.E.; Walker, D.I.; Jones, D.S. (eds.) The marine flora and fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
page(s): 408 [details] Available for editors

To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona cymaeformis)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)