Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Suberitida > Family Halichondriidae > Genus Hymeniacidon

Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1814)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hymeniacidon*	Bowerbank, 1858	accepted genus name
*Hymeniacidon assimilis*	(Levinsen, 1887)	taxonomically included in
*Hymeniacidon fallax*	Bowerbank, 1866	taxonomically included in
*Hymeniacidon fasciculata*	(Fristedt, 1887)	taxonomically included in
*Hymeniacidon fristedti*	(Topsent, 1913)	taxonomically included in
*Hymeniacidon heliophila*	(Wilson, 1911)	taxonomically included in
*Hymeniacidon iberica*	(Ferrer Hernández, 1923)	taxonomically included in
*Hymeniacidon informis*	(Burton, 1930)	taxonomically included in
*Hymeniacidon kitchingi*	(Burton, 1935)	taxonomically included in
*Hymeniacidon luxurians*	(Lieberkühn, 1859)	taxonomically included in
*Hymeniacidon mixta*	(Sarà, 1958)	taxonomically included in
*Hymeniacidon perlevis*	(Montagu, 1814)	taxonomically included in
*Hymeniacidon plumigera*	Bowerbank, 1874	taxonomically included in
*Hymeniacidon rugosa*	(Schmidt, 1868)	taxonomically included in
*Hymeniacidon simplex*	(Bowerbank, 1866)	taxonomically included in
*Hymeniacidon simplicima*	(Bowerbank, 1874)	taxonomically included in
*Laxosuberites*	Topsent, 1896	synonym
*Rhaphidostyla*	Burton, 1935	synonym
*Stylinos*	Topsent, 1891	synonym
*Stylotella*	Lendenfeld, 1888	synonym

Species group names

*Hymeniacidon perleve*		orthographic variant
*Hymeniacidon aurea*	(Montagu, 1814)	synonym
*Hymeniacidon caruncula*	Bowerbank, 1858	synonym
*Hymeniacidon consimilis*	Bowerbank, 1866	synonym
*Hymeniacidon sanguinea*	(Grant, 1826)	synonym
*Hymeniacidon virgulatus*	Bowerbank, 1882	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: bleke piekjesspons

English: crumb-of-bread 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.

German: Blutschwamm; Hornkieselschwamm 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.

Japanese: チョウウスカワカイメン

Literature

basis of record	Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
basis of record	Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388.
basis of record	Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
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additional source	Rodriguez Jimenez, A.; Dechamps, E.; Giaux, A.; Goetghebuer, L.; Bauwens, M.; Willenz, P.; Flahaut, S.; Laport, M.; George, I. (2021). The sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis and Halichondria panicea are reservoirs of antibiotic‐producing bacteria against multi‐drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 131(2): 706-718.
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.
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additional source	Harbo, R.; Ott, B.; Reiswig, H.; McDaniel, N. (2021). First Canadian record (Ladysmith Harbour, British Columbia) of the non-native European sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1814) (Porifera, Demospongiae). BioInvasions Records. 10(2): 277-286.
additional source	Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp.
additional source	Kefalas, E.; Castritsi-Catharios, I; Miliou, H. (2003). The impacts of scallop dredging on sponge assemblages in the Gulf of Kalloni (Aegean Sea, northeastern Mediterranean). ICES Journal of Marine Science. 60, 402-10.
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additional source	Tanita, S.; Hoshino, T. (1989). The Demospongiae of Sagami Bay. Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household: Japan. i-xiii, 1-197 [in English], pls 1-19; 1-166 [in Japanese], 1 map.
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additional source	Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII.
additional source	Wapstra, M.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1987). Sexual reproduction, larval morphology and behaviour in demosponges from the southwest of the Netherlands. In: Vacelet J., Boury-Esnault N. (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences, Springer, Heidelberg. 13: 281-307.
additional source	Marra, M.V.; Bertolino, M.; Pansini, M.; Giacobbe, S.; Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2016). Long-term turnover of the sponge fauna in Faro Lake (North-East Sicily, Mediterranean Sea). Italian Journal of Zoology. 1-10.

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. Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132663