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Porifera taxon details

Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mertoni Hentschel, 1912

133602  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133602)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Poecilosclerida (Order)
  7. Hymedesmiidae (Family)
  8. Hymedesmia (Genus)
  9. Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) (Subgenus)
  10. Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mertoni (Species)
accepted
Species
Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912 · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912) Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21.
page(s): 376-377; pl XX fig 34 [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  (of Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912) SMF...  
Holotype (of Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912) SMF 994, geounit Arafura Sea [details]
Distribution H. mertoni is reported from the Azores by Boury-Esnault & Lopes, 1985, but this is unlikely to be correct.  
Distribution H. mertoni is reported from the Azores by Boury-Esnault & Lopes, 1985, but this is unlikely to be correct. [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mertoni Hentschel, 1912. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=133602 on 2025-05-13
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2005-09-09 16:45:37Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-05-19 19:12:39Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2016-05-04 08:58:00Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description (of Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912) Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21.
page(s): 376-377; pl XX fig 34 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912) Boury-Esnault, N.; Lopes, M.T. (1985). Les Démosponges littorales de l'Archipel des Açores. Annales de l'Institut océanographique. 61(2): 149-225.
page(s): 185-186; fig 32; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912) Burton, M. (1934). Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29. 4 (14): 513-621, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49517195#page/667/mode/1up
page(s): 557 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912) Uriz, M.J. (1988). Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope off Namibia (Southwest Africa): Classses Hexactinellida and Demospongia. Monografías de Zoología Marina. 3: 9-157.
page(s): 78 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912) Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P.; Lévi, C. (1976). Spongiaires de la pente externe des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Sud-Ouest de Madagascar). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie). 49:1-116, pls I-X.
page(s): 65 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912) Thomas, P.A. (1968). Studies on Indian sponges-V. Two new records of siliceous sponges belonging to the families Myxilliadae Hentschel, and Spirastrellidae Hentschel from the Indian region. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 10(2): 264-268.
page(s): 264-265 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912) Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers. 205-365.
page(s): 260-261 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912) Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1977). Sponge distribution in coral reefs and related areas in the vicinity of Tulear (Madagascar). Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium. 1977, 113-117.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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  • Type locality
  • type locality contained in Arafura Sea [from specimen] [view taxon] [view specimen]
  • From editor or global species database
  • Arafura Sea
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • South India and Sri Lanka
  • Western and Northern Madagascar
Holotype (of Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912) SMF 994, geounit Arafura Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution H. mertoni is reported from the Azores by Boury-Esnault & Lopes, 1985, but this is unlikely to be correct. [details]
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