Desmanthus incrustans (Topsent, 1889) 
AphiaID: 134341

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > 'Lithistida' (Order) > Desmanthidae (Family) > Desmanthus (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Desmanthus Topsent, 1894
Synonymised taxa		Aciculites incrustans Topsent, 1889 (genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Topsent, E. 1889. Quelques spongiaires du Banc de Campêche et de la Pointe-à-Pître. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France 2: 30-52. [details] [full text] basis of record: 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] additional source: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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] additional source: 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] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Caribbean Sea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [Caribbean part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mexico [details] Naples (probably not valid) [details] Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Northern Gulf of Mexico [details] Southern Caribbean [details] Southern Gulf of Mexico [details] Western Caribbean [details]
Specimen		Unknown type: MNHN DT 1853, locality Campeche Bank [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To PESI To Sponge Barcoding Database (Desmanthus incrustans) To The Sponge Guide To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134341
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Desmanthus incrustans (Topsent, 1889). 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=134341 on 2013-05-20