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breadcrumb sponge

Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766)
Name authority
(Pallas, 1766)
Common name
breadcrumb sponge
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Suberitida
Family
Halichondriidae
Genus
Halichondria
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumPorifera Grant, 1836
  4. classDemospongiae Sollas, 1885
  5. subclassHeteroscleromorpha Cárdenas, Pérez & Boury-Esnault, 2012
  6. orderSuberitida Chombard & Boury-Esnault, 1999
  7. familyHalichondriidae Gray, 1867
  8. genusHalichondria Fleming, 1828
  9. subgenusHalichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828
  10. speciesHalichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Halichondria. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Halichondria (Halichondria) adelpha de Laubenfels, 1954HalichondriidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halichondria (Halichondria) aldabrensis Lévi, 1961HalichondriidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halichondria (Halichondria) arenacea Dendy, 1895HalichondriidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halichondria (Halichondria) axinelloides Swartschewsky, 1906HalichondriidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bowerbank's halichondriaHalichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki Burton, 1930HalichondriidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halichondria (Halichondria) cartilaginea (Esper, 1797)HalichondriidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halichondria (Halichondria) colossea Lundbeck, 1902HalichondriidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halichondria (Halichondria) contorta (Sarà, 1961)HalichondriidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halichondria (Halichondria) cristata Sarà, 1978HalichondriidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halichondria (Halichondria) cylindrata Tanita & Hoshino, 1989HalichondriidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halichondria (Halichondria) diversispiculata Burton, 1930HalichondriidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halichondria (Halichondria) dubia (Czerniavsky, 1880)HalichondriidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 30 records assigned to Halichondriidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Eumastia appendiculata (Schmidt, 1875) (Schmidt, 1875)synonym
Halichondria coccinea Bowerbank, 1861 Bowerbank, 1861synonym
Halichondria coralloides Bowerbank, 1882 Bowerbank, 1882synonym
Halichondria firmus (Bowerbank, 1874) (Bowerbank, 1874)synonym
Halichondria grisea (Fristedt, 1887) (Fristedt, 1887)synonym
Halichondria incerta Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Halichondria paciscens (Schmidt, 1875) (Schmidt, 1875)synonym
Halichondria panacea synonym
Halichondria pannosus Verrill, 1874 Verrill, 1874synonym
Halina panicea (Pallas, 1766) (Pallas, 1766)synonym
Hymeniacidon brettii Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Hymeniacidon coccinea (Bowerbank, 1861) (Bowerbank, 1861)ambiguous synonym
Hymeniacidon fallaciosus Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Hymeniacidon reticulatus Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Hymeniacidon tegeticula Bowerbank, 1874 Bowerbank, 1874synonym
Microciona tumulosa Bowerbank, 1882 Bowerbank, 1882synonym
Trachyopsilla glaberrima Burton, 1931 Burton, 1931synonym
Halichondria sevosa Johnston, 1842 Johnston, 1842synonym
Hymeniacidon lactea Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Spongia seriata Grant, 1826 Grant, 1826synonym
Spongia compacta Sowerby, 1806 Sowerby, 1806synonym
Spongia panicea Pallas, 1766 Pallas, 1766ambiguous synonym
Pellina bibula Schmidt, 1870 Schmidt, 1870synonym
Halichondria reticulata (Bowerbank, 1866) (Bowerbank, 1866)ambiguous synonym
Reniera velamentosa Hansen, 1885 Hansen, 1885synonym
Halichondria papillaris (Pallas, 1766) (Pallas, 1766)synonym
Amorphina paciscens Schmidt, 1875 Schmidt, 1875synonym
Amorphina panicea (Pallas, 1766) (Pallas, 1766)synonym
Alcyonium manusdiaboli Linnaeus, 1767 Linnaeus, 1767synonym
Alcyonium medullare Lamarck, 1815 Lamarck, 1815synonym
Alcyonium paniceum (Pallas, 1766) (Pallas, 1766)synonym
Halichondria albescens (Rafinesque, 1818) (Rafinesque, 1818)synonym
Halichondria ambigua Bowerbank, 1874 Bowerbank, 1874synonym
Halichondria bibula (Schmidt, 1870) (Schmidt, 1870)synonym
Halichondria caduca Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Halichondria edusa Bowerbank, 1874 Bowerbank, 1874synonym
Halichondria glabra Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Halichondria lactea (Bowerbank, 1866) (Bowerbank, 1866)synonym
Halichondria membrana (Bowerbank, 1866) (Bowerbank, 1866)synonym
Halichondria reticulata Lieberkühn, 1859 Lieberkühn, 1859ambiguous synonym
Halichondria topsenti de Laubenfels, 1936 de Laubenfels, 1936synonym
Halichondriella corticata Burton, 1931 Burton, 1931synonym
Halina papillaris (Pallas, 1766) (Pallas, 1766)synonym
Hymeniacidon firmus Bowerbank, 1874 Bowerbank, 1874synonym
Hymeniacidon fragilis Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866ambiguous synonym
Hymeniacidon membrana Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Hymeniacidon parfitti Parfitt, 1868 Parfitt, 1868synonym
Hymeniacidon solidus Bowerbank, 1882 Bowerbank, 1882synonym
Hymeniacidon thomasii Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Isodictya crassa Bowerbank, 1882 Bowerbank, 1882synonym
Isodictya perplexa Bowerbank, 1882 Bowerbank, 1882synonym
Menanetia minchini Topsent, 1896 Topsent, 1896synonym
Spuma borealis var. convoluta Miklucho-Maclay, 1870 Miklucho-Maclay, 1870synonym
Spuma borealis var. tuberosa Miklucho-Maclay, 1870 Miklucho-Maclay, 1870synonym
Spuma borealis var. velamentosa Miklucho-Maclay, 1870 Miklucho-Maclay, 1870synonym
Clathria seriata (Grant, 1826) (Grant, 1826)ambiguous synonym
Halichondria brettii (Bowerbank, 1866) (Bowerbank, 1866)synonym
Halispongia papillaris (Pallas, 1766) (Pallas, 1766)synonym
Halichondria panicea (Pallas, 1766) (Pallas, 1766)synonym
Seriatula seriata (Grant, 1826) (Grant, 1826)synonym
Spongia albescens Rafinesque, 1818 Rafinesque, 1818synonym
Spongia cristata Ellis & Solander, 1786 Ellis & Solander, 1786ambiguous synonym
Spongia tomentosa Linnaeus, 1767 Linnaeus, 1767synonym
Spongia urens Ellis & Solander, 1786 Ellis & Solander, 1786synonym
Scypha papillaris f. sowerbeii Gray, 1821 Gray, 1821synonym
Amorphina appendiculata Schmidt, 1875 Schmidt, 1875synonym
Amorphina coccinea (Bowerbank, 1861) (Bowerbank, 1861)synonym
Amorphina grisea Fristedt, 1887 Fristedt, 1887synonym
Amorphina velamentosa (Hansen, 1885) (Hansen, 1885)synonym
Halichondria (Halichondria) velamentosa (Hansen, 1885) (Hansen, 1885)synonym
Halichondria velamentosa (Hansen, 1885) (Hansen, 1885)synonym
Alcyonium manus sensu Esper, 1794 misapplied
Clathria (Microciona) seriata (Grant, 1826) (Grant, 1826)synonym
Clathria (Microciona) tumulosa (Bowerbank, 1882) (Bowerbank, 1882)synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165853 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3JBXK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.