Haliclona (Halichoclona) plakophila Vicente, Zea & Hill, 2016
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
- Haliclona (Halichoclona) plakophila Vicente, Zea & Hill, 2016
- Name authority
- Vicente, Zea & Hill, 2016
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Haplosclerida
- Family
- Chalinidae
- Genus
- Haliclona
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPorifera Grant, 1836
- classDemospongiae Sollas, 1885
- subclassHeteroscleromorpha Cárdenas, Pérez & Boury-Esnault, 2012
- orderHaplosclerida Topsent, 1928
- familyChalinidae Bowerbank, 1862
- genusHaliclona Grant, 1841
- subgenusHaliclona (Halichoclona) de Laubenfels, 1932
- speciesHaliclona (Halichoclona) plakophila Vicente, Zea & Hill, 2016
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Haliclona. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Haliclona (Flagellia) amirantensis Van Soest, 2017 | ChalinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Haliclona (Flagellia) anataria (Lévi & Lévi, 1983) | ChalinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Haliclona (Flagellia) edaphus de Laubenfels, 1930 | ChalinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Haliclona (Flagellia) hiberniae Van Soest, 2017 | ChalinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Haliclona (Gellius) borzattii (Sarà, 1978) | ChalinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Haliclona (Gellius) bubastes (Row, 1911) | ChalinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Haliclona (Gellius) ceratina (Ridley, 1884) | ChalinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Haliclona (Gellius) constans (Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982) | ChalinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Haliclona (Gellius) depellens (Topsent, 1908) | ChalinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Haliclona (Gellius) fibulata (Schmidt, 1862) | ChalinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Haliclona (Gellius) friabilis (Lévi, 1956) | ChalinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Haliclona (Gellius) intermedia (Brøndsted, 1924) | ChalinidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.
- Vicente, J., Zea, S., & Hill, R. T. (2016). Sponge epizoism in the Caribbean and the discovery of new Plakortis and Haliclona species, and polymorphism of Xestospongia deweerdtae (Porifera). Zootaxa, 4178 (2): 209. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4178.2.3 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:3JCBB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.