Breadcrumb sponge

found: Work cat.: Palumbi, S.R. Phenotypic plasticity in the demosponge Halichondria panicea, 1984.

found: World Porifera database, via WWW, Nov. 14, 2008(Halichondria panicea. Synonymized taxa: Alcyonium manusdiaboli; Alcyonium medullare; Alcyonium paniceum; Amorphina appendiculata; Amorphina grisea; Amorphina paciscens; Halichondria albescens; Halichondria ambigua; Halichondria brettii; Halichondria caduca; Halichondria coccinea; Halichondria coralloides; Halichondria edusa; Halichondria firmus; Halichondria glabra; Halichondria grisea; Halichondria incerta; Halichondria lactea; Halichondria membrana; Halichondria paciscens; Halichondria panicea; Halichondria pannosus; Halichondria papillaris; Halichondria reticulata; Halichondria sevosa; Halichondria topsenti; Halichondriella corticata; Halina panicea; Hymeniacidon brettii; Hymeniacidon coccinea; Hymeniacidon fallaciosus; Hymeniacidon firmus; Hymeniacidon fragilis; Hymeniacidon lactea; Hymeniacidon membrana; Hymeniacidon parfitti; Hymeniacidon reticulatus; Hymeniacidon solida; Hymeniacidon tegeticula; Hymeniacidon thomasii; Isodictya crassa; Isodictya perplexa; Menanetia minchini; Microciona tumulosa; Pellina bibula; Seriatula seriata; Spongia compacta; Spongia cristata; Spongia panicea; Spongia seriata; Spongia tomentosa; Spongia tubulosa; Spongia urens; Spuma borealis var. convoluta; Spuma borealis var. tuberosa; Spuma borealis var. velamentosa; Trachyopsilla glaberrima. Vernacular name: Breadcrumb Sponge)

found: Wikipedia, Nov. 14, 2008(Halichondria panicea, commonly known as the breadcrumb sponge, is a species of marine demosponge belonging to the family Halichondriidae. This is an abundant sponge of coastal areas of the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea)

found: Global Biodiversity Information Facility Web site, Nov. 14, 2008(Halichondria panicea. Status: Accepted name. Synonyms: Amorphina grisea, Halichondria coralloides, Hymeniacidon lactea, Amorphina appendiculata, Alcyonium medullare, Spongia panicea, Amorphina paciscens, Halichondria glabra, Halichondria topsenti, Hymeniacidon membrana, Halichondria sevosa, Halichondria albescens, Halichondria ambigua, Halichondria bretti, Halichondria caduca, Halichondria coccinea, Halichondria edusa, Halichondria incerta, Halichondria pannosus, Halichondria reticulata, Halichondriella corticata, Hymeniacidon fallaciosus, Hymeniacidon firmus, Hymeniacidon fragilis, Hymeniacidon parfitti, Hymeniacidon reticulata, Hymeniacidon solida, Hymeniacidon tegeticula, Hymeniacidon thomasii, Isodictya crassa, Isodictya perplexa, Menanetia minchini, Microciona tumulosa, Pellina bibula, Spongia cristata, Spongia seriata, Spongia tomentosa, Spongia tubulosa, Spongia urens, Trachyopsilla glaberrima, Spuma borealis subsp. convoluta, Spuma borealis subsp. tuberosa, Spuma borealis subsp. velamentosa))

found: Bacterial growth on the marine sponge Halichondria panicea induced by reduced waterflow rate, 1988, via WWW, viewed Nov. 14, 2008:abstr. (the marine crumb-of-bread sponge Halichondria panicea)