Galapagos Species Database

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Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826)

Esponja, Sponge

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Porifera

Class
Demospongiae

Order
Haplosclerida

Family
Chalinidae

Genus
Haliclona (Reniera)

Species
cinerea

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Adocia cinerea (Grant, 1826), Chalina flemingii Bowerbank, 1866, Chalina montaguii (Fleming, 1828), Chalinula montagui (Fleming, 1828), Halichondria cinerea (Grant, 1826), Halichondria montaguii Fleming, 1828, Haliclona (Haliclona) cinerea (Grant, 1826), Haliclona (Reniera) bowerbanki (Bowerbank, 1882), Haliclona cinerea (Grant, 1826), Haliclona elegans (Bowerbank, 1866), Haliclona montagui (Fleming, 1828), Haliclona peachii (Bowerbank, 1866), Haliclona permollis (Bowerbank, 1866), Isodictya bowerbanki Norman in Bowerbank, 1882, Isodictya cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer Isodictya dichotoma Bowerbank, 1866, Isodictya elegans Bowerbank, 1866, Isodictya filamenta Bowerbank, 1874, Isodictya mammeata Bowerbank, 1866, Isodictya peachii Bowerbank, 1866, Isodictya permollis Bowerbank, 1866, Isodictya ramusculus Bowerbank, 1866, Isodictya simulo Bowerbank, 1866, Isodictya varians Bowerbank, 1866, Pachychalina montaguii (Fleming, 1828), Philotia varians (Bowerbank, 1866), Reniclona permollis (Bowerbank, 1866), Reniera bowerbanki (Norman in Bowerbank, 1882), Reniera bowerbanki (Bowerbank, 1882), Reniera cinerea (Grant, 1826), Reniera elegans (Bowerbank, 1866), Reniera peachi (Bowerbank, 1866), Reniera permollis (Bowerbank, 1866), Reniera varians (Bowerbank, 1866), Scypha cancellata (Sowerby, 1806), Spongia cancellata Sowerby, 1806, Spongia cinerea Grant, 1826 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

References

  • 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, Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19486. Accessed 25 April 2025.