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

Haliclona (Soestella) de Weerdt, 2000

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

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

Children

Haliclona (Soestella) arenata (Griessinger, 1971)
Haliclona (Soestella) implexa (Schmidt, 1868)
Haliclona (Soestella) mamillata (Griessinger, 1971)
Haliclona (Soestella) mucosa (Griessinger, 1971)
Haliclona (Soestella) smithae de Weerdt, 2000
Haliclona (Soestella) valliculata (Griessinger, 1971)
Haliclona (Soestella) xena de Weerdt, 1986

Literature

original description	de Weerdt, W.H. (2000). A monograph of the shallow-water Chalinidae (Porifera, Haplosclerida) of the Caribbean. Beaufortia. 50 (1): 1-67.
basis of record	De Weerdt, W.H. (2002 [2004]). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	De Weerdt, W.H. (2002). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
additional source	Bispo, A.; Correia, M.D.; Hajdu, E. (2016). Two new shallow-water species of Haliclona from north-eastern Brazil (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida: Chalinidae). In: Schönberg C.H.L., Fromont J., Hooper J.N.A., Sorokin S., Zhang W., de Voogd N. (eds.) New Frontiers in Sponge Science. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 96 (2): 237-249.

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 (Soestella) de Weerdt, 2000. 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:166639