Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Haplosclerida > Family Chalinidae > Genus Haliclona > Subgenus Haliclona (Flagellia)

Haliclona (Flagellia) flagellifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Haliclona Grant, 1841

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Haliclona*	Grant, 1841	accepted genus name
*Pellinula*	Czerniavsky, 1880	synonym
*Protoschmidtia*	Czerniavsky, 1878	synonym
*Tedaniella*	Czerniavsky, 1880	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: wild switch horny sponge sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: éponge flagellée

Literature

new combination reference	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Flagellia, a new subgenus of Haliclona (Porifera, Haplosclerida). European Journal of Taxonomy. 351: 1-48.

Genbank

Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Haliclona (Flagellia) flagellifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1036222