MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Desmacella variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)

Porifera name details

Desmacella variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)

AphiaID

133222 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133222)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)

Rank

Species

Parent

Desmacella Schmidt, 1870

Original name

Halichondria variantia Bowerbank, 1858

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Subspecies Desmacella variantia papillifera Koltun, 1958 accepted as Biemna variantia papillifera (Koltun, 1958) (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Halichondria variantia Bowerbank, 1858) Bowerbank, J.S. (1858). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part I. On the Spicula. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 148(2): 279-332, pls XXII-XXVI. [details]

Type data

Note Tenby, SW England

Unreviewed

Type locality Tenby, SW England [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. Desmacella variantia (Bowerbank, 1858). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=133222 on 2025-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-11-28 13:22:27Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2007-06-15 18:37:25Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Halichondria variantia Bowerbank, 1858) Bowerbank, J.S. (1858). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part I. On the Spicula. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 148(2): 279-332, pls XXII-XXVI. [details]

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]

Unreviewed

Holotype BMNH 1877.5.21.2112 [details]

Type locality Tenby, SW England [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To PESI