Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Tetractinellida > Suborder Thoosina > Family Thoosidae > Genus Alectona

Alectona wallichii (Carter, 1874)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Gummina Schmidt, 1862

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alectona*	Carter, 1879	accepted genus name
*Nisella*	Johnson, 1899	synonym

Literature

additional source	Bavestrello, G.; Calcinai, B.; Cerrano, C.; Sarà, M. (1998). Alectona species from north-western Pacific (Demospongiae: Clionidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 78 (1): 59-73.
additional source	Łukowiak, M. (2016). Spicular analysis of surficial sediments as a supplementary tool for studies of modern sponge communities. Helgoland Marine Research. 70(1): 5 (pp. 1-13).

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. Alectona wallichii (Carter, 1874). 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:170397