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Halichondria sitiens (Schmidt, 1870)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna d

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Porifera
class
Demospongiae
order
Suberitida
family
Halichondriidae
genus
Halichondria
species
Halichondria sitiens

Name

Synonyms
Amorphina nodosa Fristedt, 1887
Cioxeamastia polycalypta de Laubenfels, 1942
Eumastia sitiens Schmidt, 1870
Halichondria borealis (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870)
Halichondria borealis var. papillosa (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870)
Halichondria nodosa (Fristedt, 1887)
Pellina sitiens (Schmidt, 1870)
Spuma borealis Miklucho-Maclay, 1870
Spuma borealis var. papillosa Miklucho-Maclay, 1870
Homonyms
Halichondria sitiens (Schmidt, 1870)
Common names
legion-nubbed horny sponge in English
éponge desséchée in French
legion-nubbed horny sponge in English
éponge desséchée in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Dinn, C.; Leys, S.P. (2018). Field Guide to sponges of Eastern Canadian Arctic. <em>Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E9.</em> 1-102.
  2. Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
  3. Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
  4. Ginn, B.K.; Logan, A.; Thomas, M.L.H.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). <i>Hymedesmia canadensis</i> (Porifera: Poecilosclerida), a new species among new geographical records from the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 78: 1093-1100.
  5. Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455].
  6. Koltun, V.M. (1959 [1971]). [Siliceous horny sponges of the northern and fareastern seas of the U.S.S.R.] [translation in English by Fisheries Research Board of Canada Translation Series No. 1842]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSR, izdavaemye Zoologicheskim muzeem Akademii nauk.</em> 67: 1-365.
  7. Koltun, V.M. (1959). Siliceous horny sponges of the northern and far eastern seas of the U.S.S.R. (Order Cornacuspongida). [In Russian] Opredeliteli po faune SSR. <em>Izdatelstvo Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii nauk USSR, Moscow-Leningrad.</em> 67: 1–236.
  8. Lakwal, V.R.; Kharate, D.S.; Mokashe, S.S. (2018). Diversity and distribution of intertidal marine sponges from Ratnagiri coast of Arabian Sea, (M.S.) India. <em>Flora and Fauna.</em> 24 (1, Special Issue): 207-216.
  9. Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.
  10. Rho, B.J.; Yang, J.I. (1983). A systematic study on the marine sponges in Korea 2. Ceractinomorpha. <em>Journal of the Korean Research Institute for Better Living of the Ewha Womans University.</em> 32: 25-45.
  11. Stone, R.P.; Lehnert, H.; Hoff, G.R. (2019). Inventory of the eastern Bering Sea sponge fauna, geographic range extensions and description of <i>Antho ridgwayi </i>sp. nov. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4567(2): 236-250.
  12. Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324.
  13. Turner, T.L., Morrow, C., Picton, B., Goodwin, C. & Thacker, R.W. (2025). A Common Garden of <i>Halichondria</i> Sponges: Taxonomic Revision of Northeast Pacific Halichondriidae Reveals Many Cryptic Introduced Species. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 4(1): 1-56. 10.18061/bssb.5811
  14. 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.
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