Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Haplosclerida > Suborder Haplosclerina > Family Chalinidae > Genus Haliclona > Subgenus Haliclona (Soestella)

Haliclona (Soestella) xena De Weerdt, 1986

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Haliclona*	Grant, 1836	accepted genus name
*Pellinula*	Czerniavsky, 1880	synonym
*Protoschmidtia*	Czerniavsky, 1880	synonym
*Tedaniella*	Czerniavsky, 1880	synonym

Species group names

*Haliclona xena*	De Weerdt, 1986	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: paarse buisjesspons

Literature

original description	de Weerdt, W.H. 1986. A systematic revision of the north-eastern Atlantic shallow-water Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae): 2. Chalinidae. Beaufortia 36(6): 81-165
basis of record	De Weerdt, W.H. 2000. A monograph of the shallow-water Chalinidae (Porifera, Haplosclerida) of the Caribbean. Beaufortia 50(1): 1-67
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

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Haliclona (Soestella) xena De Weerdt, 1986. 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:132883