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

Halichondria (Halichondria) contorta (Sarà, 1961)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Halichondria*	Fleming, 1828	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Topsentia contorta*	Sarà, 1961	basionym
*Halichondria contorta*	(Sarà, 1961)	synonym; alternate representation
*Topsentia contorta*	Sarà, 1961	synonym

Literature

original description	Sarà, M. 1961. La fauna di Poriferi delle grotte delle isole Tremiti.Studio ecologico e sistematico. Archivio zoologico italiano 46: 1-59,pls I-II.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Halichondria (Halichondria) contorta (Sarà, 1961). 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:165809