Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Poecilosclerida > Suborder Mycalina > Family Cladorhizidae > Genus Chondrocladia > Subgenus Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia)

Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) gigantea (Hansen, 1885)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ChondrocladiaThomson, 1873accepted genus name

Literature

original description

Hansen, G.A. 1885. Spongiadae. The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878. Zoology 13: 1-26, pls I-VII, 1 map.

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: pp. 85-103

additional source

Tendal, O.S.; Barthel, D. 1993. Chondrocladia gigantea (Demospongiae) - the Giant Clubsponge of the North Atlantic. Deep-Sea Newsletter 20: 12-14.

misapplication

Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. 1994b. Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d’Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 160: 1-174.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R. (2014). Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) gigantea (Hansen, 1885). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133185

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2009-11-06 by Jean Vacelet

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