Halisarca magellanica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chondrillida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Verongimorpha Ordo: Chondrillida

Familia: Halisarcidae
Genus: Halisarca
Species: Halisarca magellanica

Name

• Halisarca magellanica Topsent, 1901

Holotype: RBINS-POR.034—4 fragments, collected by M. Racovitza (Antarctic Expedition of the Belgica 1897–99) on 18 December 1897.

Type locality: “Dans la baie du Torrent, sous les pierres en bordure de l'île Londonderry [=Torrent Bay, Londonderry Island]”, Antártica Chilena Province, Chile (55°03'S–69°23'W), intertidal.

Combinations

• Halisarca dujardini var. magellanica Topsent, 1901: 44 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Topsent, E. 1901. Spongiaires. in Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897–99 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. Expédition antarctique belge. Zoologie R. 4. Impr. J.E. Buschmann: Anvers. 54 pp. BHL

Additional references

• Willenz, P., Ereskovsky, A.V. & Lavrov, D.V. 2016. Integrative taxonomic re-description of Halisarca magellanica and description of a new species of Halisarca (Porifera, Demospongiae) from Chilean Patagonia. Zootaxa 4208(6): 501–533. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.6.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Halisarca magellanica in the World Register of Marine Species