Haliclona (Chalinula) velinea Porifera

Haliclona (Chalinula) velinea is commonly referred to as Porifera. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Chalinula velinea, Kwajalein

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Scientific:: Haliclona (Chalinula) velinea
German:: Schwamm
English:: Porifera

Category:: Marine Sponges

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Chalinidae (Family) > Haliclona (Genus) > (Chalinula) velinea (Species)
Initial determination:: (de Laubenfels, ), 1954

Occurrence:: Marschall Islands, Palau, Queensland (Australia), Torres Strait (North Australia)
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: 2 - 12 Meter
Habitats:: Lagoons, Rocky reefs, Seawater, Sea water
Food:: Filter feeder, Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Haliclona abbreviata
Haliclona acoroides
Haliclona agglutinata
Haliclona alba
Haliclona albifragilis
Haliclona algicola
Haliclona altera
Haliclona alusiana
Haliclona amboinensis
Haliclona ambrosia
Haliclona amphioxa
Haliclona anatarius
Haliclona anceps
Haliclona angulata
Haliclona anonyma
Haliclona aperta
Haliclona aquaeductus
Haliclona arctica
Haliclona arenata
Haliclona arenosa
Haliclona arnesenae
Haliclona atra
Haliclona auletta
Haliclona australis
Haliclona baeri
Haliclona bawiana
Haliclona bifacialis
Haliclona bilamellata
Haliclona binaria
Haliclona bioxeata
Haliclona borzatii
Haliclona boutschinskii
Haliclona brassica
Haliclona broendstedi
Haliclona bubastes
Haliclona bucina
Haliclona bulbifera
Haliclona caduca
Haliclona caerulea
Haliclona calamus
Haliclona calcinea
Haliclona caminata
Haliclona canaliculata
Haliclona cancellata
Haliclona carduus
Haliclona carteri
Haliclona catarinensis
Haliclona cavernosa
Haliclona cellaria
Haliclona centrangulata
Haliclona ceratina
Haliclona cerebrum
Haliclona cervicornis
Haliclona chilensis
Haliclona chlorilla
Haliclona cinerea
Haliclona ciocalyptoides
Haliclona cioniformis
Haliclona citrina
Haliclona clara
Haliclona clathrata
Haliclona coerulescens
Haliclona columbae
Haliclona conica
Haliclona constans
Haliclona coreana
Haliclona corticata
Haliclona cratera
Haliclona cribrata
Haliclona cribricutis
Haliclona cribriformis
Haliclona cribrosa
Haliclona crowtheri
Haliclona cucurbitiformis
Haliclona curacaoensis
Haliclona curiosa
Haliclona cylindrica
Haliclona cylindrigera
Haliclona cymaeformis
Haliclona daepoensis
Haliclona dancoi
Haliclona debilis
Haliclona decidua
Haliclona delicata
Haliclona delicatula
Haliclona dendrilla
Haliclona densa
Haliclona densaspicula
Haliclona depellens
Haliclona depressa
Haliclona digitata
Haliclona divulgata
Haliclona djeedara
Haliclona domingoi
Haliclona dubia
Haliclona dura
Haliclona durdong
Haliclona elegans
Haliclona elegantia
Haliclona ellipsis
Haliclona enamela
Haliclona enormismacula
Haliclona epiphytica
Haliclona eterospiculata
Haliclona fascigera
Haliclona fibrosa
Haliclona fibulata
Haliclona fibulifera
Haliclona filholi
Haliclona fimbriata
Haliclona finitima
Haliclona firma
Haliclona fistulosa
Haliclona flabelliformis
Haliclona flabellodigitata
Haliclona flaccida
Haliclona flagellifera
Haliclona flava
Haliclona flavescens
Haliclona foliacea
Haliclona folium
Haliclona foraminosa
Haliclona forcellata
Haliclona forcipata
Haliclona fortior
Haliclona fragilis
Haliclona friabilis
Haliclona frondosa
Haliclona fryetti
Haliclona fugidia
Haliclona fulva
Haliclona gellindra
Haliclona gemina
Haliclona glaberrima
Haliclona glabra
Haliclona glacialis
Haliclona globosa
Haliclona gracilis
Haliclona griessingeri
Haliclona groenlandica
Haliclona grossa
Haliclona hebes
Haliclona hirsuta
Haliclona hispidula
Haliclona hongdoensis
Haliclona hornelli
Haliclona hyalina
Haliclona hydroida
Haliclona ignobilis
Haliclona implexa
Haliclona implexiformis
Haliclona incrustans
Haliclona indistincta
Haliclona inepta
Haliclona inflata
Haliclona informis
Haliclona infundibularis
Haliclona infundibuliformis
Haliclona innominata
Haliclona intermedia
Haliclona irregularis
Haliclona isodictyalis
Haliclona jorii
Haliclona kaikoura
Haliclona korema
Haliclona koremella
Haliclona labyrinthica
Haliclona lacazei
Haliclona laevis
Haliclona latens
Haliclona latisigmae
Haliclona laurentina
Haliclona laxa
Haliclona lehnerti
Haliclona lentus
Haliclona lernerae
Haliclona liber
Haliclona ligniformis
Haliclona lilaceus
Haliclona lobosa
Haliclona luciensis
Haliclona lutea
Haliclona macropora
Haliclona macrorhaphis
Haliclona madagascarensis
Haliclona madrepora
Haliclona magna
Haliclona magnifica
Haliclona mamillata
Haliclona mammillaris
Haliclona manglaris
Haliclona marismedi
Haliclona maxima
Haliclona mediterranea
Haliclona megasclera
Haliclona megastoma
Haliclona melana
Haliclona membranacea
Haliclona merejkowskii
Haliclona microsigma
Haliclona microtoxa
Haliclona microxea
Haliclona microxifera
Haliclona minima
Haliclona mokuoloea
Haliclona mollicula
Haliclona mollis
Haliclona mucifibrosa
Haliclona mucosa
Haliclona muricata
Haliclona neens
Haliclona negro
Haliclona nigra
Haliclona nigricans
Haliclona nishimurai
Haliclona nitens
Haliclona nodosa
Haliclona oculata
Haliclona odessana
Haliclona offerospicula
Haliclona olivacea
Haliclona omissa
Haliclona onomichiensis
Haliclona osiris
Haliclona pacifica
Haliclona palmata
Haliclona palmonensis
Haliclona panis
Haliclona papillifera
Haliclona parietalioides
Haliclona parietalis
Haliclona pedicelata
Haliclona pedunculata
Haliclona peixinhoae
Haliclona penicillata
Haliclona perforata
Haliclona perlucida
Haliclona permollisimilis
Haliclona petrocalyx
Haliclona petrosioides
Haliclona phillipensis
Haliclona phlox
Haliclona pigmentifera
Haliclona piscaderaensis
Haliclona plakophila
Haliclona pocilliformis
Haliclona poecillastroides
Haliclona polychotoma
Haliclona polypoides
Haliclona pons
Haliclona pontica
Haliclona porosa
Haliclona portroyalensis
Haliclona primitiva
Haliclona proletaria
Haliclona proxima
Haliclona pulcherrima
Haliclona pulchra
Haliclona pulvinar
Haliclona punctata
Haliclona ramosa
Haliclona ramosamassa
Haliclona ramusculoides
Haliclona rapanui
Haliclona raphidiophora
Haliclona rava
Haliclona rectangularis
Haliclona regia
Haliclona reptans
Haliclona reticulata
Haliclona reversa
Haliclona rhaphidiophora
Haliclona rhizophora
Haliclona ridleyi
Haliclona robustaspicula
Haliclona rosea
Haliclona rossica
Haliclona rotographura
Haliclona rubra
Haliclona rudis
Haliclona ruetzleri
Haliclona rufescens
Haliclona rugosa
Haliclona sabulosa
Haliclona saldanhae
Haliclona sanguinea
Haliclona sarai
Haliclona sasajimensis
Haliclona sataensis
Haliclona scabritia
Haliclona schmidtii
Haliclona scotti
Haliclona scyphonoides
Haliclona semifibrosa
Haliclona shimoebuensis
Haliclona similis
Haliclona simplex
Haliclona simplicissima
Haliclona simulans
Haliclona sinyeoensis
Haliclona siphonella
Haliclona smithae
Haliclona solowetzkaja
Haliclona sonorensis
Haliclona sordida
Haliclona sorongae
Haliclona sortitio
Haliclona spiculotenuis
Haliclona spinosella
Haliclona spitzbergensis
Haliclona spongiosa
Haliclona spongiosissima
Haliclona stelliderma
Haliclona stephensi
Haliclona steueri
Haliclona stilensis
Haliclona stirpescens
Haliclona stoneae
Haliclona streble
Haliclona striata
Haliclona strongylata
Haliclona strongylophora
Haliclona subglobosa
Haliclona submonilifera
Haliclona subtilis
Haliclona surrufa
Haliclona swartschewskiji
Haliclona tabernacula
Haliclona tachibanaensis
Haliclona teligera
Haliclona tenacior
Haliclona tenella
Haliclona tenera
Haliclona tenerrima
Haliclona tenuiderma
Haliclona tenuiramosa
Haliclona tenuis
Haliclona tenuisigma
Haliclona tenuispiculata
Haliclona texta
Haliclona textapatina
Haliclona tonggumiensis
Haliclona topsenti
Haliclona toxia
Haliclona toxophora
Haliclona toxotes
Haliclona transitans
Haliclona translucida
Haliclona tremulus
Haliclona tricurvatifera
Haliclona tromsoica
Haliclona tubifera
Haliclona tubulifera
Haliclona tubuloramosa
Haliclona tubulosa
Haliclona tufoides
Haliclona tulearensis
Haliclona turquoisia
Haliclona twincayensis
Haliclona tylotoxa
Haliclona tyria
Haliclona tyroeis
Haliclona uljinensis
Haliclona ulreungia
Haliclona uncinata
Haliclona urceolus
Haliclona urizae
Haliclona utriculus
Haliclona uwaensis
Haliclona valliculata
Haliclona vanderlandi
Haliclona vansoesti
Haliclona varia
Haliclona vasiformis
Haliclona vega
Haliclona venata
Haliclona venusta
Haliclona venustina
Haliclona vermeuleni
Haliclona verrucosa
Haliclona viola
Haliclona violacea
Haliclona violapurpura
Haliclona virens
Haliclona virgata
Haliclona viscosa
Haliclona voeringi
Haliclona walentinae
Haliclona xena

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2026-03-29 20:03:15
Last edit:: 2026-03-30 09:44:42

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Haliclona (Chalinula) velinea (de Laubenfels, 1954)

Haliclona is a genus of demosponges in the family Chalinidae. The Pink Chimney-Spong forms purple, pink or brownish spreading cushions with rows of large oscular chimneys. Thickly encrusting to massive with chimney-or volcano-shaped osculiferous elevations.

Synonymised names
Acervochalina velinea de Laubenfels, 1954 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Chalinula velinea (de Laubenfels, 1954) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Haliclona velinea (de Laubenfels, 1954) · alternative representation (genus transfer and subgenus assignment)

External links

Erstbeschreibung als Acervochalina velinea Seite 52 - 53, The Sponges of the West-Central Pacific (en). Abgerufen am 30.03.2026.
Kwajalein Underwater, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 30.03.2026.
The Sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago,Seite 147 - 148 (en). Abgerufen am 30.03.2026.

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