Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Halichondrida > Family Halichondriidae > Genus Halichondria > Subgenus Halichondria (Halichondria)

Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki Burton, 1930

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Halichondria*	Fleming, 1828	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Halichondria bowerbanki*	Burton, 1930	synonym; alternate representation
*Halichondria bowerbanki var. stellifera*	Breton, Girard & Lagardère, 1995	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Bowerbank's halichondria sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Bowerbank's Halichondria

Literature

original description	Burton, M. 1930b. Additions to the Sponge Fauna at Plymouth. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 16 (2): 489-507.
basis of record	Vethaak, A.D.; Cronie, R.J.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. 1982.Ecology and distribution of two sympatric, closely related spongespecies, Halichondria panicea (Pallas, 1766) and H. bowerbanki Burton,1930 (Porifera, Demospongiae), with remarks on their speciation. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 52(2): 82-102.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki Burton, 1930. 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:165801