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Desmacidon Bowerbank, 1861

131943  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131943)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Poecilosclerida (Order)
  7. Desmacididae (Family)
  8. Desmacidon (Genus)
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  1. Species Desmacidon adriaticum Sarà, 1969
  2. Species Desmacidon fragilis Kieschnick, 1896
  3. Species Desmacidon fruticosum (Montagu, 1814)
  4. Species Desmacidon levii Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  5. Species Desmacidon mamillatum Bergquist & Fromont, 1988
  6. Species Desmacidon minor Dendy, 1916
  7. Species Desmacidon nebulosum Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982
  8. Species Desmacidon nodosum Kieschnick, 1896
  9. Species Desmacidon ternatensis Kieschnick, 1896
  10. Subgenus Desmacidon (Homoeodictya) Ehlers, 1870 accepted as Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864 (junior synonym)
    1. Species Desmacidon (Homoeodictya) grandis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Isodictya grandis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
    2. Species Desmacidon (Homoeodictya) kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
    3. Species Desmacidon (Homoeodictya) palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Isodictya palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (genus transfer)
  11. Species Desmacidon abyssi Topsent, 1904 accepted as Dendoricella abyssi (Topsent, 1904) (genus transfer)
  12. Species Desmacidon aegagropila (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859)
  13. Species Desmacidon antarctica Kirkpatrick, 1908 accepted as Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  14. Species Desmacidon arciferum Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) arcifera (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer)
  15. Species Desmacidon arcticum Hansen, 1885 accepted as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879) (genus transfer)
  16. Species Desmacidon arenifibrosa Dendy, 1896 accepted as Phoriospongia arenifibrosa (Dendy, 1896) (genus transfer)
  17. Species Desmacidon arenosa Whitelegge, 1906 accepted as Psammochela chaliniformis (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  18. Species Desmacidon armatum Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Phorbas armatus (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer)
  19. Species Desmacidon australis Dendy, 1896 accepted as Chondropsis australis (Lendenfeld, 1888) (genus transfer)
  20. Species Desmacidon cactoides Kirkpatrick, 1908 accepted as Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  21. Species Desmacidon caducum Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) caduca (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer)
  22. Species Desmacidon carterianum Arndt, 1927 accepted as Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  23. Species Desmacidon cavernula Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)
  24. Species Desmacidon ceratosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Tedaniphorbas ceratosus (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  25. Species Desmacidon clavata Lévi, 1969 accepted as Desmacidon levii Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
  26. Species Desmacidon clavatum Hansen, 1885 accepted as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  27. Species Desmacidon columella Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Hemimycale columella (Bowerbank, 1874) (genus transfer)
  28. Species Desmacidon compressum (Esper, 1797) accepted as Isodictya compressa (Esper, 1797) (genus transfer)
  29. Species Desmacidon constrictus Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  30. Species Desmacidon conulissima Whitelegge, 1906 accepted as Fibulia conulissima (Whitelegge, 1906) (genus transfer)
  31. Species Desmacidon conulosum Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Isodictya conulosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  32. Species Desmacidon copiosa Bowerbank, 1869 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  33. Species Desmacidon crux Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) crux (Schmidt, 1875) (genus transfer)
  34. Species Desmacidon delicata Thiele, 1905 accepted as Isodictya delicata (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
  35. Species Desmacidon dendyi Whitelegge, 1901 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Anomodoryx) dendyi (Whitelegge, 1901) (genus transfer)
  36. Species Desmacidon dianae Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Esperiopsis dianae (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer)
  37. Species Desmacidon doryphora Brøndsted, 1927 accepted as Isodictya doryphora (Brøndsted, 1927) (genus transfer)
  38. Species Desmacidon ectofibrosa Lévi, 1963 accepted as Fibulia ectofibrosa (Lévi, 1963) (genus transfer)
  39. Species Desmacidon ectyofibrosa accepted as Fibulia ectofibrosa (Lévi, 1963) (misspelling of species name and genus transfer)
  40. Species Desmacidon elastica Vosmaer, 1880 accepted as Isodictya elastica (Vosmaer, 1880) (genus transfer)
  41. Species Desmacidon emphysema Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Melonanchora emphysema (Schmidt, 1875) (genus transfer)
  42. Species Desmacidon filiferum Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) filifera (Schmidt, 1875) (genus transfer)
  43. Species Desmacidon fistulosa Bowerbank, 1873 accepted as Oceanapia fistulosa (Bowerbank, 1873) (genus transfer)
  44. Species Desmacidon folioides Bowerbank, 1875 accepted as Callyspongia (Toxochalina) folioides (Bowerbank, 1875) (genus transfer)
  45. Species Desmacidon frondosum (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Clathria frondosa (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer)
  46. Species Desmacidon fucorum (Esper, 1794) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
  47. Species Desmacidon funicatus accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) tunicata (Schmidt, 1870) (misspelling of species name)
  48. Species Desmacidon giganteum Hansen, 1885 accepted as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879) (genus transfer)
  49. Species Desmacidon grandis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Isodictya grandis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
  50. Species Desmacidon griseum Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Strongylacidon griseum (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer)
  51. Species Desmacidon harpago Vosmaer, 1880 accepted as Crambe crambe (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  52. Species Desmacidon hispidosa Whitelegge, 1906 accepted as Fibulia hispidosa (Whitelegge, 1906) (genus transfer)
  53. Species Desmacidon incognitus Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Ulosa digitata (Schmidt, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  54. Species Desmacidon intermedia Dendy, 1896 accepted as Fibulia intermedia (Dendy, 1896) (genus transfer)
  55. Species Desmacidon jeffreysii Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Oceanapia robusta (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  56. Species Desmacidon kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  57. Species Desmacidon korenii Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  58. Species Desmacidon lentus Vosmaer, 1880 accepted as Isodictya lenta (Vosmaer, 1880) (genus transfer)
  59. Species Desmacidon maeandrina Kirkpatrick, 1907 accepted as Fibulia maeandrina (Kirkpatrick, 1907) (genus transfer)
  60. Species Desmacidon neptuni Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Phorbas perarmatus (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  61. Species Desmacidon novaezealandiae Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Fibulia novaezealandiae (Brøndsted, 1924) (genus transfer)
  62. Species Desmacidon nucleus Hansen, 1885 accepted as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  63. Species Desmacidon palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Isodictya palmata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (genus transfer)
  64. Species Desmacidon pannosus Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Ulosa digitata (Schmidt, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  65. Species Desmacidon peachii Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  66. Species Desmacidon peltatum Topsent, 1904 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) peltata (Topsent, 1904) (genus transfer)
  67. Species Desmacidon peltatus Topsent, 1904 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) peltata (Topsent, 1904) (genus transfer & spelling variation)
  68. Species Desmacidon perarmatus (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Phorbas perarmatus (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  69. Species Desmacidon physa Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) physa (Schmidt, 1875) (genus transfer)
  70. Species Desmacidon platei Thiele, 1905 accepted as Strongylacidon platei (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
  71. Species Desmacidon plicatum Hentschel, 1911 accepted as Strongylacidon plicatum (Hentschel, 1911) (genus transfer)
  72. Species Desmacidon plumosa Bowerbank, 1876 accepted as Niphates plumosa (Bowerbank, 1876) (genus transfer)
  73. Species Desmacidon plumosum Bowerbank, 1876 accepted as Niphates plumosa (Bowerbank, 1876) (genus transfer)
  74. Species Desmacidon porifera Whitelegge, 1906 accepted as Isodictya porifera (Whitelegge, 1906) (genus transfer)
  75. Species Desmacidon psammodes Hentschel, 1911 accepted as Psammochela psammodes (Hentschel, 1911) (genus transfer)
  76. Species Desmacidon ramosa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Fibulia ramosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  77. Species Desmacidon ramosum Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Fibulia ramosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  78. Species Desmacidon raphidifer (Topsent, 1889) accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) raphidifera (Topsent, 1889) (genus transfer)
  79. Species Desmacidon reptans Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  80. Species Desmacidon rimosa Ridley, 1884 accepted as Echinoclathria rimosa (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
  81. Species Desmacidon rotalis Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874) (genus transfer)
  82. Species Desmacidon setifera Topsent, 1901 accepted as Isodictya setifera (Topsent, 1901) (genus transfer)
  83. Species Desmacidon similaris Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Mycale (Carmia) subclavata (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  84. Species Desmacidon spinigera Kirkpatrick, 1907 accepted as Isodictya spinigera (Kirkpatrick, 1907) (genus transfer)
  85. Species Desmacidon stelliderma (Carter, 1886) accepted as Strongylacidon stelliderma (Carter, 1886)
  86. Species Desmacidon stelligera Whitelegge, 1906 accepted as Strongylacidon stelligerum (Whitelegge, 1906)
  87. Species Desmacidon titubans Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Mycale (Anomomycale) titubans (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer)
  88. Species Desmacidon tunicata accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) tunicata (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer & misspelling)
  89. Species Desmacidon tunicatum Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) tunicata (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer)
  90. Species Desmacidon venusta Bowerbank, 1875 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) venusta (Bowerbank, 1875) (genus transfer)
  91. Species Desmacidon anceps Schmidt, 1874 (uncertain)
  92. Species Desmacidon infestum Schmidt, 1870 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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Bowerbank, J.S. (1861). List of British sponges. In: McAndrew, R. (Ed.), List of the British marine invertebrate fauna. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 30: 235-236. [details] OpenAccess publication
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. Desmacidon Bowerbank, 1861. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131943 on 2025-06-01
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2010-04-19 13:48:59Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2018-04-15 12:55:43Z
changed
Boury-Esnault, Nicole
2020-12-13 10:31:54Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description Bowerbank, J.S. (1861). List of British sponges. In: McAndrew, R. (Ed.), List of the British marine invertebrate fauna. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 30: 235-236. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Desmacididae Schmidt, 1870. Pp. 572-574. 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 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Full text PDF

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Desmacididae Schmidt, 1870. Pp. 572-574. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

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
 
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