Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Suberitida > Family Halichondriidae > Genus Halichondria > Subgenus Halichondria (Halichondria)

Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki Burton, 1930

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Halichondria*	Fleming, 1828	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Halichondria bowerbanki*	Burton, 1930	synonym; alternate representation
*Halichondria bowerbanki var. stellifera*	Breton, Girard & Lagardère, 1995	synonym
*Halichondria coalita*	(sensu Lamarck, 1814)	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: sliertige broodspons

English: Bowerbank's halichondria

Literature

additional source	Evcen, A.; Gözcelioğlu, B.; Çinar, M.E. (2023). New sponge records (Porifera) from the Black Sea. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 103043.
additional source	Marra, M.V.; Bertolino, M.; Pansini, M.; Giacobbe, S.; Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2016). Long-term turnover of the sponge fauna in Faro Lake (North-East Sicily, Mediterranean Sea). Italian Journal of Zoology. 1-10.
additional source	Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

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. Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki Burton, 1930. 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:165801