WoRMS name details
Haliclona simulans (Johnston, 1842)
236331 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236331)
alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Species
Haliclona densa (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted
- Variety Haliclona simulans var. tubuloramosa (Carter, 1887)
- Variety Haliclona simulans var. incrustans (Carter, 1887) accepted as Haliclona carteri Burton, 1959 (junior homonymy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Halichondria simulans Johnston, 1842) 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 [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 simulans (Johnston, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236331 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Halichondria simulans Johnston, 1842) 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 [details]
basis of record de Weerdt, W.H. (1986). A systematic revision of the north-eastern Atlantic shallow-water Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae): 2. Chalinidae. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 36(6): 81-165. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 97-104 [details]
new combination reference Bowerbank, J.S. (1861). List of British sponges. <i>In</i>: McAndrew, R. (Ed.), List of the British marine invertebrate fauna. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 30: 235-236. [details]
basis of record de Weerdt, W.H. (1986). A systematic revision of the north-eastern Atlantic shallow-water Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae): 2. Chalinidae. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 36(6): 81-165. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 97-104 [details]
new combination reference Bowerbank, J.S. (1861). List of British sponges. <i>In</i>: McAndrew, R. (Ed.), List of the British marine invertebrate fauna. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 30: 235-236. [details]
Other
additional source
Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 143-144 [details]
additional source Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78.
page(s): 71 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source de Weerdt, W.H. (1987). The marine shallow-water Chalinidae (Haplosclerida, Porifera) of the British Iles. <i>In</i>: Jones WC (ed) European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. <em>Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station.</em> 1: 74-108. [details]
additional source Voultsiadou, E. (2005). Sponge diversity in the Aegean Sea: Check list and new information. <em>Italian Zoology.</em> 72 (1): 53-64.
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kefalas, E.; Castritsi-Catharios, I; Miliou, H. (2003). The impacts of scallop dredging on sponge assemblages in the Gulf of Kalloni (Aegean Sea, northeastern Mediterranean). <em>ICES Journal of Marine Science.</em> 60, 402-10.
page(s): 406 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Naveiro Millán, A. (2002). Poríferos de la costa da Arrábida (Portugal). Clase Demospongiae. <em>Tesina Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 165 pp.
page(s): 123-125 Figura 56 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 143-144 [details]
additional source Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78.
page(s): 71 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source de Weerdt, W.H. (1987). The marine shallow-water Chalinidae (Haplosclerida, Porifera) of the British Iles. <i>In</i>: Jones WC (ed) European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. <em>Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station.</em> 1: 74-108. [details]
additional source Voultsiadou, E. (2005). Sponge diversity in the Aegean Sea: Check list and new information. <em>Italian Zoology.</em> 72 (1): 53-64.
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kefalas, E.; Castritsi-Catharios, I; Miliou, H. (2003). The impacts of scallop dredging on sponge assemblages in the Gulf of Kalloni (Aegean Sea, northeastern Mediterranean). <em>ICES Journal of Marine Science.</em> 60, 402-10.
page(s): 406 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Naveiro Millán, A. (2002). Poríferos de la costa da Arrábida (Portugal). Clase Demospongiae. <em>Tesina Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 165 pp.
page(s): 123-125 Figura 56 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona simulans)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona simulans)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
