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) contorta (Sarà, 1961)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Topsentia Berg, 1899

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Halichondria*	Fleming, 1828	accepted genus name
*Halichondria (Eumastia)*	Schmidt, 1870	taxonomically included in
*Halichondria (Halichondria)*	Fleming, 1828	taxonomically included in
*Halichondria albescens*	sensu Johnston, 1842	taxonomically included in
*Halichondria hirsuta*	Fleming, 1828	taxonomically included in
*Halichondria lona*	de Laubenfels, 1936	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Halichondria contorta*	(Sarà, 1961)	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

additional source	Gözcelioğlu, B.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Alvarez, B.; Konuklugil, B. (2015). New species of sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the Turkish coast. Turkish Journal of Zoology. 39: 555-559.
additional source	Roveta, C.; Marrocco, T.; Calcinai, B.; Pulido Mantas, T.; Pica, D.; Valisano, L.; Puce, S. (2022). Unravelling the sponge diversity of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy). The European Zoological Journal. 89(1): 310-323.

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. Halichondria (Halichondria) contorta (Sarà, 1961). 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:165809