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Porifera taxon details

Biemna Gray, 1867 
AphiaID: 131897

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Desmacellidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Halichondria variantia Bowerbank, 1858 (type by original designation)
Parent Desmacellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Synonymised
taxa
  Allantophora Whitelegge, 1907 (junior synonym)
Biemma Bowerbank, 1882 (misspelling)
Toxemma De Laubenfels, 1936 (junior synonym and misspelling)
Toxemna Hallmann, 1917 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Gray, J.E. 1867a. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [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] [full text]

additional source: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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: Whitelegge, T. 1907. Sponges. Part I. - Addenda. Part II. Monaxonida continued. Pp. 487-515, pls XLV-XLVI. In: Scientific Results of the Trawling Expedition of H.M.C.S. ‘Thetis’ off the Coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. Memoirs of the Australian Museum, 4(10). [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Bowerbank, J.S.; Norman, A.M. 1882. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 4 (Supplement). (Ray Society: London):i-xvii, 1-250, pls I-XVII. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Topsent, E. 1890b. Notice préliminaire sur les spongiaires recueillis durant les campagnes de l'Hirondelle. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France (15): 26-32, 65-71. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Hallmann, E.F. 1917b [1916]. A revision of the genera with microscleres included, or provisionally included, in the family Axinellidae; with descriptions of some Australian species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41(164): 634-675, pls XXIX,figs 3, 5, 6; XXXIII, fig. 6; XXXVIII, figs 5-9 [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. 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 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] [view taxon]

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taxa

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 Species Biemna anisotoxa Lévi, 1963
Species Biemna bihamigera (Dendy, 1922)
Species Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
Species Biemna chilensis Thiele, 1905
Species Biemna chujaensis Sim & Shim, 2006
Species Biemna ciocalyptoides (Dendy, 1897)
Species Biemna cribaria (Alcolado & Gotera, 1986)
Species Biemna dautzenbergi Topsent, 1890
Species Biemna ehrenbergi (Keller, 1889)
Species Biemna fistulosa (Topsent, 1897)
Species Biemna flabellata Bergquist, 1970
Species Biemna fortis (Topsent, 1897)
Species Biemna fragilis (Kieschnick, 1900)
Species Biemna gellioides Lévi & Lévi, 1989
Species Biemna granulosigmata Lévi, 1993
Species Biemna hongdoensis Jeon & Sim, 2008
Species Biemna humilis Thiele, 1903
Species Biemna jeolmyongensis Sim & Shim, 2006
Species Biemna laboutei Hooper, 1996
Species Biemna liposigma Burton, 1928
Species Biemna liposphaera (Hentschel, 1912)
Species Biemna macrorhaphis Hentschel, 1914
Species Biemna megalosigma Hentschel, 1912
Species Biemna megastyla (Burton, 1959)
Species Biemna microacanthosigma Mothes, Hajdu, Lerner & van Soest, 2004
Species Biemna microstrongyla (Hentschel, 1912)
Species Biemna microstyla de Laubenfels, 1950
Species Biemna microstyla Thomas, 1984
Species Biemna microxa Hentschel, 1911
Species Biemna mnioeis de Laubenfels, 1954
Species Biemna novaezealandiae Dendy, 1924
Species Biemna omanensis van Soest & Beglinger, 2002
Species Biemna parthenopea Pulitzer-Finali, 1978
Species Biemna pedonculata Lévi, 1963
Species Biemna peracuta Topsent, 1927
Species Biemna philippensis Dendy, 1896
Species Biemna plicata (Whitelegge, 1907)
Species Biemna polyphylla Lévi, 1963
Species Biemna rhabderemioides Bergquist, 1961
Species Biemna rhabdostyla Uriz, 1988
Species Biemna rhadia de Laubenfels, 1930
Species Biemna rufescens Bergquist & Fromont, 1988
Species Biemna saucia Hooper, Capon & Hodder, 1991
Species Biemna seychellensis Thomas, 1973
Species Biemna spinomicroxea Mothes, Campos, Lerner, Carraro & van Soest, 2005
Species Biemna strongylota Rios & Cristobo, 2006
Species Biemna tenuisigma Pulitzer-Finali, 1978
Species Biemna tetraphis Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
Species Biemna thielei Burton, 1930
Species Biemna trirhaphis (Topsent, 1897)
Species Biemna trisigmata Mothes & Campos, 2004
Species Biemna truncata Hentschel, 1912
Species Biemna tubulata (Dendy, 1905)
Species Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Biemna victoriana Hallmann, 1916

Species Biemna annexa (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Desmacella annexa Schmidt, 1870
Species Biemna aruensis Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Microtylostylifer aruensis (Hentschel, 1912)
Species Biemna capillifera (Levinsen, 1887) accepted as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Biemna ciocalyptoides Burton, 1959 accepted as Biemna ehrenbergi (Keller, 1889)
Species Biemna demuthi Lehnert, 1993 accepted as Rhabderemia minutula (Carter, 1876)
Species Biemna gemmulifera (Breitfuss, 1912) accepted as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Biemna grimaldii Topsent, 1890 accepted as Desmacella grimaldii (Topsent, 1890)
Species Biemna groenlandica (Fristedt, 1887) accepted as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Biemna hamifera (Lundbeck, 1902) accepted as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Biemna inornata (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Desmacella inornata (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Biemna jeffreysii (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Oceanapia robusta (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Biemna oxeata van Soest & Stentoft, 1988 accepted as Biemna cribaria (Alcolado & Gotera, 1986)
Species Biemna peachii (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Biemna philipensis Dendy, 1896 accepted as Biemna philippensis Dendy, 1896
Species Biemna rhaphidiophora (Brøndsted, 1924) accepted as Suberites rhaphidiophorus (Brøndsted, 1924)
Species Biemna rosea (Fristedt, 1887) accepted as Desmacella infundibuliformis (Vosmaer, 1885)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Anakao [details]
Malindi [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
Quirimba Archipelago [details]

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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Biemna Gray, 1867. 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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131897 on 2013-05-20
  


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