Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Halicnemia diazae
Esponja, Sponge
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Axinellida
Family
Stelligeridae
Genus
Halicnemia
Species
diazae
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: USNM 43165, slides and fragments ZMA POR 11249, MHNG 21033; Type Locality: Santiago (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santiago of Galapagos Islands (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Desqeyroux-Faundez, R., Van Soest, R.W.M. (1997) Shallow-water Demosponges of the Galapagos Islands. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 104(2): 379-467.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Halicnemia diazae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16339. Accessed 6 November 2026.