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Desmanthus Topsent, 1894 
AphiaID: 132083

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > 'Lithistida' (Order) > Desmanthidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Aciculites incrustans Topsent, 1889 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Desmanthidae Topsent, 1894
Synonymised
taxa
  Lophacanthus Hentschel, 1912 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Topsent, E. 1894d. Etude monographique des spongiaires de France. I.Tetractinellida. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale (3) 2:259-400, pls XI-XVI. [details] [full text]

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: 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. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. 2000. New species of Desmanthus (Porifera, Demospongiae) with a discussion of its ordinal relationships. Zoosystema 22(2): 299-312 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. 2002. Family Desmanthidae Topsent, 1893. Pp. 356-362. 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] [view taxon]

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taxa

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 Species Desmanthus incrustans (Topsent, 1889)
Species Desmanthus levii van Soest & Hajdu, 2000
Species Desmanthus meandroides van Soest & Hajdu, 2000
Species Desmanthus rhabdophorus (Hentschel, 1912)
Species Desmanthus topsenti Hentschel, 1912

Species Desmanthus macphersoni Uriz, 1988 accepted as Paradesmanthus macphersoni (Uriz, 1988)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132083
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2006-11-26 19:37:59Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Desmanthus Topsent, 1894. 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=132083 on 2013-05-23
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