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Discodermia du Bocage, 1869 
AphiaID: 132089

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > 'Lithistida' (Order) > Theonellidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Discodermia polydiscus (Bowerbank, 1869) (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903
Synonymised
taxa
  Collinella Schmidt, 1879 (junior synonym)
Desmahabana Alcolado & Gotera, 1986 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Bocage, J.V. Barboza, Du 1869 [1870]. Eponges siliceuses nouvelles du Portugal et de l’île Saint-Iago (Archipel de Cap-Vert). Jornal de Sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes 2: 159-162, pls X-XI. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. 2002. Family Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903. Pp. 327-337. 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: Thomas, P.A. 1973a. Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annales du Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale. Série in 8vo. Sciences zoologiques (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS[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]

basis of record (from synonym): Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-306-47260-0. xix, 1-1101, 1103-1706 (2 volumes) pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Schmidt, O. 1879. Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Abtheilung I. Heft I. Pp. 1-32, pls I-IV. In:Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake’. (Gustav Fischer: Jena). [details] [view taxon] [full text]

original description (from synonym): Alcolado, P.M.; Gotera, G.G. (1986). Nuevas adiciones a la fauna de poriferos de Cuba [New additions to the poriferan fauna of Cuba]. Poeyana 331: 1-19 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon] [full text]

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 Species Discodermia aspera Carter, 1880
Species Discodermia calyx Döderlein, 1884
Species Discodermia claviformis Kieschnick, 1896
Species Discodermia discifera (Lendenfeld, 1907)
Species Discodermia discifurca Sollas, 1888
Species Discodermia dissoluta Schmidt, 1880
Species Discodermia dubia Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971
Species Discodermia emarginata Dendy, 1905
  » Variety Discodermia emarginata var. lamellaris Wilson, 1925
Species Discodermia gorgonoides Burton, 1928
Species Discodermia inscripta (Schmidt, 1879)
Species Discodermia interspersa Kumar, 1925
Species Discodermia irregularis Hoshino, 1976
Species Discodermia japonica Döderlein, 1884
Species Discodermia jogashima Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
Species Discodermia kiiensis Hoshino, 1977
Species Discodermia laevidiscus Carter, 1880
Species Discodermia natalensis Kirkpatrick, 1903
Species Discodermia ornata Sollas, 1888
Species Discodermia panoplia Sollas, 1888
Species Discodermia papillata Carter, 1880
Species Discodermia polydiscus (Bowerbank, 1869)
Species Discodermia polymorpha Pisera & Vacelet, 2011
Species Discodermia proliferans Lévi & Lévi, 1983
Species Discodermia ramifera Topsent, 1892
Species Discodermia sinuosa Carter, 1881
Species Discodermia stylifera Keller, 1891
Species Discodermia tuberosa Dendy, 1922
Species Discodermia vermicularis Döderlein, 1884
Species Discodermia verrucosa Topsent, 1928

Species Discodermia amphiaster Schmidt, 1879 accepted as Neopelta amphiaster (Schmidt, 1879)
Species Discodermia clavatella (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Macandrewia clavatella (Schmidt, 1870)
  » Variety Discodermia clavatella var. nodosa Schmidt, 1879 accepted as Daedalopelta nodosa (Schmidt, 1879)
Species Discodermia conica Kieschnick, 1896 accepted as Theonella conica (Kieschnick, 1896)
Species Discodermia imperfecta (Schmidt, 1879) accepted as Neopelta imperfecta Schmidt, 1880
Species Discodermia nodosa Schmidt, 1879 accepted as Daedalopelta nodosa (Schmidt, 1879)
Species Discodermia nucerium (Schmidt, 1879) accepted as Racodiscula asteroides Zittel, 1878
Species Discodermia sceptrellifera Carter, 1881 accepted as Racodiscula sceptrellifera (Carter, 1881)
Species Discodermia spinispirulifera Carter, 1880 accepted as Racodiscula spinispirulifera (Carter, 1880)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Anakao [details]
Mahe Island [details]
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132089
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2006-12-09 19:55:42Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Discodermia du Bocage, 1869. 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=132089 on 2013-06-19
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