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Desmacellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886 
AphiaID: 131645

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Mycalina
Synonymised
taxa
  Biemnidae Hentschel, 1923 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’. Annals and Magazine of Natural History(5) 18: 325-351, 470-493. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Hajdu, E.; Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Desmacellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. Pp. 642-650. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[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: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Hentschel, E. 1923. Erste Unterabteilung der Metazoa: Parazoa, Porifera-Schwämme. Pp. 307-418, fig. 288-377. In: Kükenthal, W. &Krumbach, T. (Eds), Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichteder Stämme des Tierreiches. Vol. 1, Protozoa, Porifera, Coelenterata,Mesozoa. (Walter de Gruyter und Co: Berlin and Leipzi [details] [view taxon]

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taxa

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 Genus Biemna Gray, 1867
Genus Desmacella Schmidt, 1870
Genus Dragmatella Hallmann, 1917
Genus Microtylostylifer Dendy, 1924
Genus Neofibularia Hechtel, 1965
Genus Sigmaxinella Dendy, 1897

Genus Allantophora Whitelegge, 1907 accepted as Biemna Gray, 1867
Genus Biemma Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Biemna Gray, 1867
Genus Desmacodes Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Desmacella Schmidt, 1870
Genus Fibularia sensu Carter, 1882 accepted as Neofibularia Hechtel, 1965
Genus Sigmatoxella de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Desmacella Schmidt, 1870
Genus Sigmotylotella Burton, 1932 accepted as Desmacella Schmidt, 1870
Genus Toxemma De Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Biemna Gray, 1867
Genus Toxemna Hallmann, 1917 accepted as Biemna Gray, 1867
Genus Tylodesma Thiele, 1903 accepted as Desmacella Schmidt, 1870
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131645
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Desmacellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131645 on 2013-05-19
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