Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Haplosclerida > Family Chalinidae > Genus Haliclona > Subgenus Haliclona (Gellius)

Haliclona (Gellius) emiletopsenti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Reniera Schmidt, 1862

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Haliclona*	Grant, 1841	accepted genus name
*Pellinula*	Czerniavsky, 1880	synonym
*Protoschmidtia*	Czerniavsky, 1878	synonym
*Tedaniella*	Czerniavsky, 1880	synonym

Species group names

*Haliclona (Gellius) foraminosa*	(Topsent, 1904)	synonym

Literature

original description	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. Zootaxa. 4745(1): 1-93.

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. Haliclona (Gellius) emiletopsenti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020. 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:1423863