Marine Species Traits - Halichondria (Eumastia) sitiens (Schmidt, 1870)

Traits taxon details

Halichondria (Eumastia) sitiens (Schmidt, 1870)

AphiaID

165789 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165789)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Halichondria (Eumastia) Schmidt, 1870

Original name

Eumastia sitiens Schmidt, 1870

Synonymised names

Halichondria borealis (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870) · alternative representation (junior synonym)

Halichondria nodosa (Fristedt, 1887) · alternative representation (junior synonym)

Halichondria sitiens (Schmidt, 1870) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 42 [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 (Eumastia) sitiens (Schmidt, 1870). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165789 on 2026-03-07

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Halichondria (Eumastia) sitiens (Schmidt, 1870). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165789 on 2026-03-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2007-08-27 15:12:00Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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[clear cache]

original description (of ) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 42 [details]

basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_84 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

additional source Dinn, C.; Leys, S.P. (2018). Field Guide to sponges of Eastern Canadian Arctic. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E9. 1-102.
page(s): 76 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Halichondria sitiens (Schmidt, 1870))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halichondria sitiens) (from synonym Halichondria sitiens (Schmidt, 1870))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Halichondria sitiens (Schmidt, 1870))
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria nodosa (Fristedt, 1887))
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria sitiens (Schmidt, 1870))
To PESI
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 086834) (from synonym Halichondria sitiens (Schmidt, 1870))

Unreviewed

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 086834)

Hosted externally, from synonym

Halichondria (Eumastia) sitiens