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WoRMS name details

Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912

191881  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191881)

  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 mertoni (Species)
alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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  SMF 994, geounit Arafura Sea  
Holotype SMF 994, geounit Arafura Sea [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 mertoni Hentschel, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=191881 on 2025-05-30
Date
action
by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-05-19 19:12:39Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2016-05-04 08:58:00Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description 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

Other

additional source 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 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 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 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 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]

additional source 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 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

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
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 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype SMF 994, geounit Arafura Sea [details]
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