Original genusHalisarca Johnston, 1842Relationships towards this taxonGenus group namesSpecies group names
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Octavella galangaui | Tuzet & Paris, 1963 | synonym | Vernaculars (+)
(-) Catalan: esponja lila sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona Dutch: gelobde spons  English: flesh sponge; lobate fig sponge sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp. French: éponge bleue  German: Feigenbohrschwamm; Fleischschwamm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp. Italian: spugna viola  Japanese: ノリカイメン sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21. Spanish, Castillian: esponja azul; esponja morada sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona  Turkish: sunger Literaturebasis of record | Topsent, E. (1895). 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