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

Chalinula loosanoffi (Hartman, 1958)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Haliclona Grant, 1841

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chalinula*	Schmidt, 1868	accepted genus name
*Acervochalina*	Ridley, 1884	synonym
*Chalinodendron*	Lendenfeld, 1887	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Loosanoff's haliclona; Loosanoff's horny sponge sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);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 de Loosanoff

Literature

additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M.; De Kluijver, M.J.; Van Bragt, P.H.; Faasse, M.; Nijland, R.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Weerdt, W.H.; de Voogd, N.J. (2007). Sponge invaders in Dutch coastal waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 87 (6): 1733-1748.
additional source	Ginn, B.K.; Logan, A.; Thomas, M.L.H.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Hymedesmia canadensis (Porifera: Poecilosclerida), a new species among new geographical records from the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 78: 1093-1100.
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.
additional source	Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455].
additional source	Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. Wiley-Interscience, Boston. 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only].

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 loosanoffi (Hartman, 1958). 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:132762