Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Chondrosida > Family Halisarcidae

Halisarca Johnston, 1842

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Halisarca dujardinii Johnston, 1842
Halisarca metschnikovi Lévi, 1953

Literature

original description	Johnston, G. 1842. A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes.(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh): i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV.
basis of record	Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. (2002). Family Halisarcidae Schmidt, 1862, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 1078-1080
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
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	Dujardin, F. 1838. Observations sur les éponges et en particulier sur la Spongille ou Éponge d’eau douce. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (2) 10: 5-13, pl. 1.

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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Halisarca. 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:131822