WoRMS taxon details
Haliclona columbae (Walker, 1812)
132884 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132884)
accepted
Species
Halichondria columbae (Walker, 1812) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia columbae Walker, 1812 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(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] 
Type locality contained in Celtic Seas
type locality contained in Celtic Seas [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy Walker's (1812) species Spongia columbae described in a volume with many different subjects on Scottish history and...
Taxonomy Walker's (1812) species Spongia columbae described in a volume with many different subjects on Scottish history and landscapes, was picked up by Fleming (1828: 621, as Halichondria columbae). Fleming intended to provide a new name for Spongia cancellata sensu Sowerby, 1806, a junior homonym of S. cancellata Linnaeus, 1767. De Weerdt (1986) synonymized the latter with Haliclona cinerea Grant, 1826, without apparently having noticed Walker's name and Fleming's proposed removal of the synonymy of S. cancellata with columbae Walker. It is likely, that both cancellataSowerby and columbae are synonyms of Haliclona cinerea, which would mean that cinerea is threatened by being a junior name of columbae. Art. 23.9.2 will have to be invoked to suppress Haliclona columbae in favour of the much used H. cinerea. Until this has been proposed the present combination is maintained. Thanks to Andreu Santin Muriel for pointing this out. [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. Haliclona columbae (Walker, 1812). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132884 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
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(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]
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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
Unknown type (of Spongia columbae Walker, 1812) [details]
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Classification Position in genus uncertain, identity of species uncertain. [details]Taxonomy Walker's (1812) species Spongia columbae described in a volume with many different subjects on Scottish history and landscapes, was picked up by Fleming (1828: 621, as Halichondria columbae). Fleming intended to provide a new name for Spongia cancellata sensu Sowerby, 1806, a junior homonym of S. cancellata Linnaeus, 1767. De Weerdt (1986) synonymized the latter with Haliclona cinerea Grant, 1826, without apparently having noticed Walker's name and Fleming's proposed removal of the synonymy of S. cancellata with columbae Walker. It is likely, that both cancellataSowerby and columbae are synonyms of Haliclona cinerea, which would mean that cinerea is threatened by being a junior name of columbae. Art. 23.9.2 will have to be invoked to suppress Haliclona columbae in favour of the much used H. cinerea. Until this has been proposed the present combination is maintained. Thanks to Andreu Santin Muriel for pointing this out. [details]
