Halichondria

Halichondria is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Halichondriidae.[1][2] These are massive, amorphous sponges with clearly separated inner and outer skeletons consisting of bundles of spicules arranged in a seemingly random pattern.

Halichondria
Halichondria panicea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Suberitida
Family: Halichondriidae
Genus: Halichondria
Fleming, 1828[1]
Species

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This genus of sponges became important through the discovery of cell division limiting properties of the extract Halichondrin B, which inhibits cell mitosis. The drug Eribulin, a related compound and an inhibitor of microtubule function, has become an important chemotherapy treatment for certain types of cancer.[3][4][5][6][7]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Halichondria:[1]

  • Subgenus Eumastia Schmidt, 1870
  • Subgenus Halichondria Fleming, 1828
    • Halichondria adelpha de Laubenfels, 1954
    • Halichondria agglomerans Cabioch, 1968
    • Halichondria aldabrensis Lévi, 1961
    • Halichondria almae (Carballo, Uriz & García-Gómez, 1996)
    • Halichondria arenacea Dendy, 1895
    • Halichondria arenosa Hentschel, 1929
    • Halichondria axinelloides Swartschewsky, 1906
    • Halichondria bowerbanki Burton, 1930
    • Halichondria brondstedi De Laubenfels, 1936
    • Halichondria brunnea (Schmidt, 1868)
    • Halichondria cancellosa (Carter, 1886)
    • Halichondria capensis Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
    • Halichondria carotenoidea Alvarez & Hooper, 2011
    • Halichondria cartilaginea (Esper, 1794)
    • Halichondria cebimarensis Carvalho & Hajdu, 2001
    • Halichondria coerulea Bergquist, 1967
    • Halichondria colossea Lundbeck, 1902
    • Halichondria contorta (Sarà, 1961)
    • Halichondria convolvens Sarà, 1960
    • Halichondria cornuloides Burton, 1954
    • Halichondria cristata Sarà, 1978
    • Halichondria cylindrata Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
    • Halichondria darwinensis Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997
    • Halichondria diazae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
    • Halichondria diversispiculata Burton, 1930
    • Halichondria dubia (Czerniavsky, 1880)
    • Halichondria elenae Gastaldi, De Paula, Narvarte, Lôbo-Hajdu & Hajdu, 2018
    • Halichondria fallax (Marshall, 1892)
    • Halichondria flexuosa (Sarà, 1978)
    • Halichondria foetida (Wilson, 1894)
    • Halichondria foraminosa (Czerniavsky, 1880)
    • Halichondria fragilis Kieschnick, 1896
    • Halichondria gageoenesis Kang & Sim, 2008
    • Halichondria genitrix (Schmidt, 1870)
    • Halichondria gilvus Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
    • Halichondria glabrata Keller, 1891
    • Halichondria heterorrhaphis Breitfuss, 1912
    • Halichondria intermedia Brøndsted, 1924
    • Halichondria isthmica (Keller, 1883)
    • Halichondria japonica (Kadota, 1922)
    • Halichondria knowltoni Bergquist, 1961
    • Halichondria labiata Hentschel, 1929
    • Halichondria lambei Brøndsted, 1933
    • Halichondria lendenfeldi Lévi, 1961
    • Halichondria leuconoides Topsent, 1890
    • Halichondria longispicula (Czerniavsky, 1880)
    • Halichondria lutea Alcolado, 1984
    • Halichondria magniconulosa Hechtel, 1965
    • Halichondria marianae Santos, Nascimento & Pinheiro, 2018
    • Halichondria melanadocia Laubenfels, 1936
    • Halichondria membranacea (Sarà, 1978)
    • Halichondria microbiana Alvarez & Hooper, 1911
    • Halichondria migottea Carvalho & Hajdu, 2001
    • Halichondria minuta Keller, 1891
    • Halichondria modesta (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986)
    • Halichondria moorei Bergquist, 1961
    • Halichondria muanensis Kang & Sim, 2008
    • Halichondria nigrocutis (Carter, 1886)
    • Halichondria normani Burton, 1930
    • Halichondria oblonga (Hansen, 1885)
    • Halichondria okada (Kadota, 1922)
    • Halichondria osculum Lundbeck, 1902
    • Halichondria oshoro Tanita, 1961
    • Halichondria oxiparva (Sarà, 1978)
    • Halichondria panicea (Pallas, 1766)
    • Halichondria papillaris (Pallas, 1766)
    • Halichondria pelliculata Ridley & Dendy, 1886
    • Halichondria phakellioides Dendy & Frederick, 1924
    • Halichondria poa (de Laubenfels, 1947)
    • Halichondria pontica (Czerniavsky, 1880)
    • Halichondria prostrata Thiele, 1905
    • Halichondria punctata Bergquist, 1970
    • Halichondria renieroides (Fristedt, 1887)
    • Halichondria semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814)
    • Halichondria solidior (Schmidt, 1870)
    • Halichondria stylata Diaz, Pomponi & Van Soest, 1993
    • Halichondria suberosa (Esper, 1794)
    • Halichondria sulfurea Carvalho & Hajdu, 2001
    • Halichondria surrubicunda Hoshino, 1981
    • Halichondria syringea Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
    • Halichondria tenebrica Carvalho & Hajdu, 2001
    • Halichondria tenuiramosa Dendy, 1922
    • Halichondria tenuispiculata Brøndsted, 1916
    • Halichondria turritella (Schmidt, 1870)
    • Halichondria velamentosa (Hansen, 1885)
  • Subgenus unassigned
    • Halichondria albescens sensu Johnston, 1842
    • Halichondria flava (Merejkowski, 1878)
    • Halichondria hongdoenesis Kang & Sim, 2008
    • Halichondria kelleri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
    • Halichondria lona Laubenfels, 1936
    • Halichondria magellanica Dendy, 1924
    • Halichondria ulleungensis Kang & Sim, 2008

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