MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928

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Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928

AphiaID

131655 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131655)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Poecilosclerida

Original name

Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928

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Genus Acanthancora Topsent, 1927
Genus Hamigera Gray, 1867
Genus Hemimycale Burton, 1934
Genus Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864
Genus Hymetrichita Topsent, 1928
Genus Kirkpatrickia Topsent, 1912
Genus Myxodoryx Burton, 1929
Genus Phorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Genus Plocamionida Topsent, 1927
Genus Pseudohalichondria Carter, 1886
Genus Spanioplon Topsent, 1890
Genus Acanthoxa Hentschel, 1914 accepted as Spanioplon Topsent, 1890 (junior synonym)
Genus Anchinoe Gray, 1867 accepted as Phorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
Genus Bipocillopsis Koltun, 1964 accepted as Phorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
Genus Cribrella Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Hamigera Gray, 1867 (preoccupied)
Genus Leptosia Topsent, 1892 accepted as Hymedesmia (Stylopus) Fristedt, 1885 (preoccupied)
Genus Plumohalichondria Carter, 1876 accepted as Phorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
Genus Sclerilla Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) Bowerbank, 1864 (junior synonym)
Genus Stylopus Fristedt, 1885 accepted as Hymedesmia (Stylopus) Fristedt, 1885 (subgenus transfer)
Genus Stylostichon Topsent, 1892 accepted as Phorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
Genus Suberotelites Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Phorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 74:1-376, pls I-XI. [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131655 on 2025-06-01

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131655 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2015-04-22 06:11:52Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2024-12-28 16:31:58Z

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Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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original description Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 74:1-376, pls I-XI. [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928. Pp. 575-593. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928. Pp. 575-593. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

additional source Morrow, C.; Cárdenas, P.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Picton, B.; McCormack, G.; Van Soest, R.; Collins, A.; Redmond, N.; Maggs, C.; Sigwart, J.; Allcock, L.A. (2019). Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy with the revised concept of Stelligeridae (Porifera: Demospongiae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 187 (1): 31-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz017
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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]

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Language	Name
Japanese	タイラカイメン／ウスタイラカイメン科	[details]

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