WoRMS name details
Halichondria albescens sensu Johnston, 1842
132580 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132580)
uncertain
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 198 [details]
page(s): 198 [details]
Taxonomy Incertae sedis. Halichondria? or perhaps Amphilectus close to A. fucorum, suggested by Johnston himself. This is a junior...
Taxonomy Incertae sedis. Halichondria? or perhaps Amphilectus close to A. fucorum, suggested by Johnston himself. This is a junior secondary homonym of Halichondria albescens (Rafinesque, 1818, as Spongia), which is a junior synonym of H. (H.) panicea. [details]
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 albescens sensu Johnston, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132580 on 2025-04-09
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Nomenclature
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Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 198 [details]
page(s): 198 [details]
Other
additional source
Topsent, E. (1932). Remarques sur des Eponges de l'estuaire de la Rance. <em>Bulletin du Laboratoire maritime du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Saint-Servan.</em> 8: 1-7.
page(s): 2 & 3 [details]
additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1933). Sobre algunas esponjas de Marin (Galicia). <em>Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural de Madrid.</em> 33 (9): 347-358.
page(s): 350 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 2 & 3 [details]
additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1933). Sobre algunas esponjas de Marin (Galicia). <em>Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural de Madrid.</em> 33 (9): 347-358.
page(s): 350 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Incertae sedis. Halichondria? or perhaps Amphilectus close to A. fucorum, suggested by Johnston himself. This is a junior secondary homonym of Halichondria albescens (Rafinesque, 1818, as Spongia), which is a junior synonym of H. (H.) panicea. [details]
