Desmacella
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
creator: Boury-Esnault, Nicole
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Desmacella Schmidt, 1870
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Desmacella Schmidt, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131898 on 2026-08-01
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2020-12-16T11:32:25Z
replaces: 131899
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replaces: 184897
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Desmacella Schmidt, 1870
class: Demospongiae
family: Desmacellidae
genus: Desmacella
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
name published in: Thiele, J. (1903). Kieselschwämme von Ternate. II. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 25: 933-968, pl. XVIII.
name published in: Burton, M. (1932). Sponges. Discovery Reports. 6: 237-392, pls 48-57.
name published in: Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication. 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
name published in year: 1870
name published in year: 1903
name published in year: 1932
name published in year: 1936
order: Desmacellida
parent name usage ID: 131645
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: Schmidt, 1870
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted