Galapagos Species Database
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Cliona chilensis
Esponja, Sponge
A common sponge, found on rock walls from Tagus Cove ans Punta Vicento Roca in Isabela and Santiago Islands, 12-78 m of depth (Hickman, et al. 2021).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Clionaida
Family
Clionaidae
Genus
Cliona
Species
chilensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pseudosuberites melanos, De Laubenfels, 1972, Pseudosuberites pseudos, Dickinson, 1945, fide Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Van Soest (1997). Holotype: USNM 37951, slides and fragments ZMA POR 11224, MHNG 21050, ZMA POR 11225, MHNG 18821
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santiago and Punta Vicente Roca -Isabela of Galapagos Islands, from California to Chiloé (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.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Sim-Amith, C. & Michelle, K. (2021) A field guide to Sponge of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia.
- 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.
- Sim-Smith, C. CLEVELAND HICKMAN, J. R., & Kelly, M. (2021) New shallow water sponges (Porifera) from the Gálapagos Islands Zootaxa, 5012(1), 1–71. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5012.1.1
- Thiele, J. (1905) Die Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Sammlung Plate. Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement 6 (Fauna Chiliensis III): 407-496,pls 27-33.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cliona chilensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8141. Accessed 31 October 2026.