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Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826)

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
Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826)
Name authority
(Grant, 1826)
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.

  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. orderHaplosclerida Topsent, 1928
  7. familyChalinidae Bowerbank, 1862
  8. genusHaliclona Grant, 1841
  9. subgenusHaliclona (Reniera) Schmidt, 1862
  10. speciesHaliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Haliclona (Flagellia) amirantensis Van Soest, 2017ChalinidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Haliclona (Flagellia) anataria (Lévi & Lévi, 1983)ChalinidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Haliclona (Flagellia) edaphus de Laubenfels, 1930ChalinidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Haliclona (Flagellia) hiberniae Van Soest, 2017ChalinidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Haliclona (Gellius) borzattii (Sarà, 1978)ChalinidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Haliclona (Gellius) bubastes (Row, 1911)ChalinidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Haliclona (Gellius) ceratina (Ridley, 1884)ChalinidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Haliclona (Gellius) constans (Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982)ChalinidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Haliclona (Gellius) depellens (Topsent, 1908)ChalinidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Haliclona (Gellius) fibulata (Schmidt, 1862)ChalinidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Haliclona (Gellius) friabilis (Lévi, 1956)ChalinidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Haliclona (Gellius) intermedia (Brøndsted, 1924)ChalinidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Halichondria cinerea (Grant, 1826) (Grant, 1826)synonym
Haliclona elegans (Bowerbank, 1866) (Bowerbank, 1866)ambiguous synonym
Haliclona peachii (Bowerbank, 1866) (Bowerbank, 1866)synonym
Haliclona permollis (Bowerbank, 1866) (Bowerbank, 1866)synonym
Isodictya cinerea (Grant, 1826) (Grant, 1826)synonym
Isodictya dichotoma Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Isodictya elegans Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Isodictya filamenta Bowerbank, 1874 Bowerbank, 1874synonym
Isodictya peachii Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Isodictya permollis Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Isodictya simulo Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Isodictya varians Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Reniera peachi (Bowerbank, 1866) (Bowerbank, 1866)synonym
Reniera permollis (Bowerbank, 1866) (Bowerbank, 1866)synonym
Reniera varians (Bowerbank, 1866) (Bowerbank, 1866)synonym
Adocia cinerea (Grant, 1826) (Grant, 1826)synonym
Isodictya bowerbanki Norman in Bowerbank, 1882 Norman in Bowerbank, 1882synonym
Scypha cancellata (Sowerby, 1806) (Sowerby, 1806)synonym
Haliclona (Reniera) bowerbanki (Norman in Bowerbank, 1882) (Norman in Bowerbank, 1882)synonym
Chalina flemingii Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Chalina montaguii (Fleming, 1828) (Fleming, 1828)synonym
Chalinula montagui (Fleming, 1828) (Fleming, 1828)synonym
Haliclona cancellata (Sowerby, 1906) (Sowerby, 1906)synonym
Halichondria montaguii Fleming, 1828 Fleming, 1828synonym
Haliclona (Haliclona) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (Grant, 1826)synonym
Haliclona cinerea (Grant, 1826) (Grant, 1826)synonym
Isodictya mammeata Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Pachychalina montaguii (Fleming, 1828) (Fleming, 1828)synonym
Philotia varians (Bowerbank, 1866) (Bowerbank, 1866)synonym
Reniclona permollis (Bowerbank, 1866) (Bowerbank, 1866)synonym
Reniera cinerea (Grant, 1826) (Grant, 1826)synonym
Reniera elegans (Bowerbank, 1866) (Bowerbank, 1866)synonym
Haliclona montagui (Fleming, 1828) (Fleming, 1828)synonym
Isodictya ramusculus Bowerbank, 1866 Bowerbank, 1866synonym
Reniera bowerbanki (Norman in Bowerbank, 1882) (Norman in Bowerbank, 1882)synonym
Spongia cinerea Grant, 1826 Grant, 1826synonym
Spongia cancellata Sowerby, 1806 Sowerby, 1806ambiguous 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=166605 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:3JCCN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.