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Halichondria (Halichondria) colossea
Lundbeck, 1902
AphiaID
165808
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165808)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Heteroscleromorpha
Suberitida
Halichondriidae
Halichondria
Halichondria (Halichondria)
Halichondria (Halichondria) colossea
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Halichondria (Halichondria)
Fleming, 1828
Original name
Halichondria colossea
Lundbeck, 1902
Synonymised names
Halichondria colossea
Lundbeck, 1902
·
alternative representation
(subgenus assignment)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Halichondria colossea
Lundbeck, 1902
)
Lundbeck, W. (1902). Porifera. (Part I.) Homorrhaphidae and Heterorrhaphidae. <em>In: The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 6(1). (Bianco Luno: Copenhagen).</em> Pp. 1-108, pls I-XIX, 1 map.
page(s): 27-28
[details]
Taxonomic citation
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database.
Halichondria (Halichondria) colossea
Lundbeck, 1902. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165808 on 2026-07-15
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Halichondria (Halichondria) colossea
Lundbeck, 1902. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=165808 on 2026-07-15
Taxonomic edit history
Date
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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db_admin
2007-09-07 17:03:38Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2017-08-23 14:19:22Z
changed
Boury-Esnault, Nicole
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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (1)
Attributes (7)
Links (3)
original description
(of
Halichondria colossea
Lundbeck, 1902
)
Lundbeck, W. (1902). Porifera. (Part I.) Homorrhaphidae and Heterorrhaphidae. <em>In: The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 6(1). (Bianco Luno: Copenhagen).</em> Pp. 1-108, pls I-XIX, 1 map.
page(s): 27-28
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Definitions
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
(from synonym
Halichondria colossea
Lundbeck, 1902
)
To PESI
(from synonym
Halichondria colossea
Lundbeck, 1902
)
To PESI