Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Axinella cristagalli Maas, 1894, Halichondria caruncula (Bowerbank, 1858), Halichondria macularis Johnston, 1846, Halichondria sanguinea (Grant, 1826), Hymeniacidon aldousii Bowerbank, 1874, Hymeniacidon aurea (Montagu, 1814), Hymeniacidon caruncula Bowerbank, 1858, Hymeniacidon consimilis Bowerbank, 1866, Hymeniacidon hillieri Bowerbank, 1882, Hymeniacidon mammeata Bowerbank, 1866, Hymeniacidon medius Bowerbank, 1874, Hymeniacidon perleve, Hymeniacidon radiosa Bowerbank, 1874, Hymeniacidon sanguinea (Grant, 1826), Hymeniacidon sinapium de Laubenfels, 1930, Hymeniacidon virgulatus Bowerbank, 1882, Hymeniacidon viridans Bowerbank, 1866, Isodictya uniformis Bowerbank, 1866, Polymastia mammeata (Bowerbank, 1866), Raphiodesma simplissima Bowerbank, 1874, Reniera uniformis (Bowerbank, 1866), Spongia aurea Montagu, 1814, Spongia perlevis Montagu, 1814, Spongia sanguinea Grant, 1826, Stylinos uniformis (Bowerbank, 1866), Stylotella simplissima (Bowerbank, 1874), Stylotella uniformis (Bowerbank, 1866), Suberites paludum Schmidt, 1868 (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997).

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: (H. perlevis) Galapagos Islands and Southern California Galapagos Islands (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)

• 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.