WoRMS taxon details
Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea (Hechtel, 1965)
166641 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166641)
accepted
Species
Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Sigmadocia caerulea Hechtel, 1965 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sigmadocia caerulea Hechtel, 1965) Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 30-31; fig 5 [details]
page(s): 30-31; fig 5 [details]
Type locality contained in Greater Antilles
type locality contained in Greater Antilles [from synonym] [view taxon] [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 (Soestella) caerulea (Hechtel, 1965). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166641 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sigmadocia caerulea Hechtel, 1965) Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 30-31; fig 5 [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)
page(s): 29-33 [details]
page(s): 30-31; fig 5 [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)
page(s): 29-33 [details]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. <em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.</em> 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 469 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hajdu, E.; Peixinho, S.; Fernandez, J.C.C. (2011). Esponjas Marinhas da Bahia - Guia de Campo e Laboratório. Série Livros 45. <em>Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 276 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Núñez Pons, L.; Calcinai, B.; Gates, R. D. (2017). Who's there? – First morphological and DNA barcoding catalogue of the shallow Hawai'ian sponge fauna. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 12(12): e0189357., available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0189357
page(s): 42-45 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vicente, J.; Rutkowski, E.; Lavrov, D.V.; Martineau, G.; Timmers, M.; Toonen, R.J. (2025). Integrative taxonomy of introduced Haplosclerida and four new species from Hawaiʻi. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5566(2): 243-272., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5566.2.2
page(s): 257-260 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 469 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hajdu, E.; Peixinho, S.; Fernandez, J.C.C. (2011). Esponjas Marinhas da Bahia - Guia de Campo e Laboratório. Série Livros 45. <em>Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 276 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Núñez Pons, L.; Calcinai, B.; Gates, R. D. (2017). Who's there? – First morphological and DNA barcoding catalogue of the shallow Hawai'ian sponge fauna. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 12(12): e0189357., available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0189357
page(s): 42-45 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vicente, J.; Rutkowski, E.; Lavrov, D.V.; Martineau, G.; Timmers, M.; Toonen, R.J. (2025). Integrative taxonomy of introduced Haplosclerida and four new species from Hawaiʻi. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5566(2): 243-272., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5566.2.2
page(s): 257-260 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sigmadocia caerulea Hechtel, 1965)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona caerulea) (from synonym Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965))
To GenBank (135 nucleotides; 134 proteins) (from synonym Sigmadocia caerulea Hechtel, 1965)
To GenBank (135 nucleotides; 134 proteins) (from synonym Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Haliclona (Soestella) coerulea) (from synonym Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (13 records) (from synonym Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (9 records) (from synonym Sigmadocia caerulea Hechtel, 1965)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005037.PRA) (from synonym Sigmadocia caerulea Hechtel, 1965)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077980) (from synonym Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sigmadocia caerulea Hechtel, 1965)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona caerulea) (from synonym Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965))
To GenBank (135 nucleotides; 134 proteins) (from synonym Sigmadocia caerulea Hechtel, 1965)
To GenBank (135 nucleotides; 134 proteins) (from synonym Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Haliclona (Soestella) coerulea) (from synonym Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (13 records) (from synonym Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (9 records) (from synonym Sigmadocia caerulea Hechtel, 1965)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005037.PRA) (from synonym Sigmadocia caerulea Hechtel, 1965)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077980) (from synonym Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965))
