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

Haliclona (Reniera) mediterranea Griessinger, 1971

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 mediterranea*	Griessinger, 1971	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: roze buisjesspons

English: pink tube sponge sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: éponge tubulaire rose

German: Rosa Zylinderschwamm

Italian: spugna a canne d'organo

Spanish, Castillian: esponja tubo púrpura

Literature

original description	Griessinger, J.M. 1971. Etude des Réniérides de Méditerranée(Démosponges Haplosclérides). Bulletin du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. (3, Zoologie) 3(3): 97-182.
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	Mustapha, K.B., Zarrouk, S., Souissi, A., ; El Abed, A. 2003. Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. Bull. Inst. Natn. Scien. Tech. Mer de Salammbô. Vol. 30

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Haliclona (Reniera) mediterranea. 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:166616