WoRMS name details
Haliclona coerulescens (Topsent, 1918)
166338 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166338)
alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Reniera coerulescens Topsent, 1918) Topsent, E. (1918). Eponges de San Thomé. Essai sur les genres <i>Spirastrella</i>, <i>Donatia</i> et <i>Chondrilla</i>. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale, Paris.</em> 57(6): 535-618. [details] 
Distribution This species is a West African endemic. De Laubenfels (1936a and b) reported it from the Caribbean, but this was later...
Distribution This species is a West African endemic. De Laubenfels (1936a and b) reported it from the Caribbean, but this was later redescribed as Sigmadocia coerulea Hechtel, 1965 (now Haliclona (Gellius) coerulea). [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 coerulescens (Topsent, 1918). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166338 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Reniera coerulescens Topsent, 1918) Topsent, E. (1918). Eponges de San Thomé. Essai sur les genres <i>Spirastrella</i>, <i>Donatia</i> et <i>Chondrilla</i>. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale, Paris.</em> 57(6): 535-618. [details]
basis of record de Weerdt, W.H. (2000). A monograph of the shallow-water Chalinidae (Porifera, Haplosclerida) of the Caribbean. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 50 (1): 1-67. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record de Weerdt, W.H. (2000). A monograph of the shallow-water Chalinidae (Porifera, Haplosclerida) of the Caribbean. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 50 (1): 1-67. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
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additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A comparison of the shallow-water sponges near the Pacific end of the Panama Canal with those at the Caribbean end. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 83 (2993): 441-466.
page(s): 444-445; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A comparison of the shallow-water sponges near the Pacific end of the Panama Canal with those at the Caribbean end. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 83 (2993): 441-466.
page(s): 444-445; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype USNM 22240, geounit Southwestern Caribbean [details]
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Distribution This species is a West African endemic. De Laubenfels (1936a and b) reported it from the Caribbean, but this was later redescribed as Sigmadocia coerulea Hechtel, 1965 (now Haliclona (Gellius) coerulea). [details]
