Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Haplosclerida > Family Chalinidae

Chalinula Schmidt, 1868

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acervochalina*	Ridley, 1884	synonym
*Chalinodendron*	Lendenfeld, 1887	synonym

Children

Chalinula limbata (Montagu, 1814)
Chalinula loosanoffi (Hartman, 1958)
Chalinula nigra Boury-Esnault & Lopes, 1985
Chalinula renieroides Schmidt, 1868

Literature

original description	Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V.
additional source	Griessinger, J. M. (1971). Etude des Réniérides de Méditerranée (Démosponges Haplosclérides). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Zoologie). 3(3): 97-182.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.

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. Chalinula Schmidt, 1868. 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:131831