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Desmacidon Bowerbank, 1861 
AphiaID: 131943

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Desmacididae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Spongia fruticosa Montagu, 1818 (type by monotypy)
Parent Desmacididae Schmidt, 1870
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1861 (1860). List of British sponges. Pp. 235-236 In: McAndrew, R. (Ed.), List of the British marine invertebratefauna. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 30. [details] [full text]

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. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

additional source: 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]

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]

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 Species Desmacidon adriaticum Sarà, 1969
Species Desmacidon anceps Schmidt, 1874
Species Desmacidon clavatum Lévi, 1969
Species Desmacidon fragilis Kieschnick, 1896
Species Desmacidon fruticosum (Montagu, 1818)
Species Desmacidon mamillatum Bergquist & Fromont, 1988
Species Desmacidon minor Dendy, 1916
Species Desmacidon nebulosum Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982
Species Desmacidon nodosum Kieschnick, 1896
Species Desmacidon ternatense Kieschnick, 1896

Species Desmacidon infestum Schmidt, 1870 (species inquirenda)

Subgenus Desmacidon (Homoeodictya) Ehlers, 1870 accepted as Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864
  » Species Desmacidon (Homoeodictya) grandis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Isodictya grandis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
» Species Desmacidon (Homoeodictya) kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Desmacidon abyssi Topsent, 1904 accepted as Dendoricella abyssi (Topsent, 1904)
Species Desmacidon antarctica Kirkpatrick, 1908 accepted as Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Desmacidon arciferum Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) coralloides (Scopoli, 1772)
Species Desmacidon arctica Hansen, 1885 accepted as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) arctica (Hansen, 1885)
Species Desmacidon arenifibrosa Dendy, 1896 accepted as Phoriospongia arenifibrosa (Dendy, 1896)
Species Desmacidon arenosa Whitelegge, 1906 accepted as Psammochela chaliniformis (Carter, 1885)
Species Desmacidon armatum Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Phorbas armatus (Schmidt, 1868)
Species Desmacidon australis Dendy, 1896 accepted as Chondropsis australis (Dendy, 1896)
Species Desmacidon cactoides Kirkpatrick, 1908 accepted as Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Desmacidon caducum Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) caduca (Schmidt, 1868)
Species Desmacidon carterianum Arndt, 1927 accepted as Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882)
Species Desmacidon ceratosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Tedaniphorbas ceratosus (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Desmacidon clavata Hansen, 1885 accepted as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) gigantea (Hansen, 1885)
Species Desmacidon columella Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Hemimycale columella (Bowerbank, 1874)
Species Desmacidon constrictus Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Desmacidon conulissima Whitelegge, 1906 accepted as Fibulia conulissima (Whitelegge, 1906)
Species Desmacidon conulosum Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Isodictya conulosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Desmacidon copiosa Bowerbank, 1869 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859)
Species Desmacidon crux Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) crux (Schmidt, 1875)
Species Desmacidon delicata Thiele, 1905 accepted as Isodictya delicata (Thiele, 1905)
Species Desmacidon dendyi Whitelegge, 1901 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Anomodoryx) dendyi (Whitelegge, 1901)
Species Desmacidon dianae Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Esperiopsis dianae (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Desmacidon doryphora Brøndsted, 1927 accepted as Isodictya doryphora (Brøndsted, 1927)
Species Desmacidon ectofibrosa Lévi, 1963 accepted as Isodictya ectofibrosa (Lévi, 1963)
Species Desmacidon ectyofibrosa Lévi, 1963 accepted as Isodictya ectofibrosa (Lévi, 1963)
Species Desmacidon elastica Vosmaer, 1880 accepted as Isodictya elastica (Vosmaer, 1880)
Species Desmacidon emphysema Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Melonanchora emphysema (Schmidt, 1875)
Species Desmacidon fistulosa Bowerbank, 1873 accepted as Oceanapia fistulosa (Bowerbank, 1873)
Species Desmacidon folioides Bowerbank, 1875 accepted as Callyspongia (Toxochalina) folioides (Bowerbank, 1875)
Species Desmacidon funicatus Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) tunicata (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Desmacidon gigantea Hansen, 1885 accepted as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) gigantea (Hansen, 1885)
Species Desmacidon griseum Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Strongylacidon griseum (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Desmacidon harpago Vosmaer, 1880 accepted as Crambe crambe (Schmidt, 1862)
Species Desmacidon hispidosa Whitelegge, 1906 accepted as Fibulia hispidosa (Whitelegge, 1906)
Species Desmacidon intermedia Dendy, 1896 accepted as Fibulia intermedia (Dendy, 1896)
Species Desmacidon jeffreysii Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Oceanapia robusta (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Desmacidon kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Desmacidon korenii Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Desmacidon lenta Vosmaer, 1880 accepted as Isodictya lenta (Vosmaer, 1880)
Species Desmacidon maeandrina Kirkpatrick, 1907 accepted as Fibulia maeandrina (Kirkpatrick, 1907)
Species Desmacidon neptuni Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Phorbas perarmatus (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Desmacidon novaezealandiae Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Fibulia novaezealandiae (Brøndsted, 1924)
Species Desmacidon nucleus Hansen, 1885 accepted as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) nucleus (Hansen, 1885)
Species Desmacidon pannosus Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Ulosa stuposa (Esper, 1794)
Species Desmacidon peachii Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Desmacidon peltatum Topsent, 1904 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) peltata (Topsent, 1904)
Species Desmacidon peltatus Topsent, 1904 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) peltata (Topsent, 1904)
Species Desmacidon perarmatus (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Phorbas perarmatus (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Desmacidon physa Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) physa (Schmidt, 1875)
Species Desmacidon platei Thiele, 1905 accepted as Strongylacidon platei (Thiele, 1905)
Species Desmacidon plicatum Hentschel, 1911 accepted as Strongylacidon plicatum (Hentschel, 1911)
Species Desmacidon plumosa Bowerbank, 1876 accepted as Niphates plumosa (Bowerbank, 1876)
Species Desmacidon plumosum Bowerbank, 1876 accepted as Niphates plumosa (Bowerbank, 1876)
Species Desmacidon porifera Whitelegge, 1906 accepted as Isodictya porifera (Whitelegge, 1906)
Species Desmacidon psammodes Hentschel, 1911 accepted as Psammochela psammodes (Hentschel, 1911)
Species Desmacidon ramosa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Fibulia ramosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Desmacidon ramosum Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Fibulia ramosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Desmacidon reptans Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882)
Species Desmacidon rimosa Ridley, 1884 accepted as Echinoclathria rimosa (Ridley, 1884)
Species Desmacidon rotalis Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874)
Species Desmacidon setifera Topsent, 1901 accepted as Isodictya setifera (Topsent, 1901)
Species Desmacidon similaris Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Mycale (Carmia) subclavata (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Desmacidon spinigera Kirkpatrick, 1907 accepted as Isodictya spinigera (Kirkpatrick, 1907)
Species Desmacidon stelligera Whitelegge, 1906 accepted as Strongylacidon stelligera (Whitelegge, 1906)
Species Desmacidon titubans Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Mycale (Anomomycale) titubans (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Desmacidon tunicata Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) tunicata (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Desmacidon tunicatum Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) tunicata (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Desmacidon venusta Bowerbank, 1875 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) venusta (Bowerbank, 1875)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131943
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Desmacidon Bowerbank, 1861. 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=131943 on 2013-06-19
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