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Porifera taxon details

Biemna fistulosa (Topsent, 1897)

168257  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168257)

accepted
Species
Desmacella fistulosa Topsent, 1897 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Desmacella peachi var. fistulosa Topsent, 1897 · unaccepted (genus transfer and status change)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Desmacella peachi var. fistulosa Topsent, 1897) Topsent, E. (1897). Spongiaires de la Baie d'Amboine. (Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l'Archipel Malais). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 4: 421-487, pls 18-21.
page(s): 462-463 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Type locality contained in Banda Sea  
type locality contained in Banda Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Description Multi thin-walled, fragile tubes, 1-2 cm across and 1-3 cm high, appearing as a thin stretched skin embedded with branching...  
Description Multi thin-walled, fragile tubes, 1-2 cm across and 1-3 cm high, appearing as a thin stretched skin embedded with branching coralline algae. Surface uneven, conulose and lacy in patches; body extremely cavernous. Oscules prominent, 1 cm wide, with raised membranous collars. Habitat: clustered in mixed algal beds, seagrass beds and shallow reefs. Distribution: also from SE Asia (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Biemna fistulosa (Topsent, 1897). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=168257 on 2024-03-19
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original description  (of Desmacella peachi var. fistulosa Topsent, 1897) Topsent, E. (1897). Spongiaires de la Baie d'Amboine. (Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l'Archipel Malais). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 4: 421-487, pls 18-21.
page(s): 462-463 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1993). A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. <em>Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria".</em> 89: 247-350. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R. (1981). Révision de la collection d'éponges d'Amboine (Moluques, Indonésie) constitué par Bedot et Pictet et conservée au Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 88 (3): 723-764.
page(s): 740-741 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1982). Some shallow-water sponges from Hong Kong. <i>In</i>: B.S.Morton & C.K. Tseng, eds. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China (Proceedings 1st International Marine Biolology Workshop). pp 97-110.
page(s): 101 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 288 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Núñez Pons, L.; Calcinai, B.; Gates, R. D. (2017). Who's there? – First morphological and DNA barcoding catalogue of the shallow Hawai'ian sponge fauna. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 12(12): e0189357., available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0189357
page(s): 32-34 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Desmacella fistulosa Topsent, 1897) Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). A toxic <i>Biemna</i> from Madagascar (Demospongiae:Poecilosclerida). <i>In</i>: Willenz, P. (Ed.), Recent Advances in Sponge Biodiversity Inventory and Documentation. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Biologie.</em> 66: 123-133. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Desmacella fistulosa Topsent, 1897) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J. (2002). A new species of <i>Biemna</i> (Porifera, Poecilosclerida) from the Sultanate of Oman. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 52 (2): 15-24. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unknown type (of Desmacella peachi var. fistulosa Topsent, 1897) MNHN DT 1773, geounit Banda Sea [details]
From other sources
Description Multi thin-walled, fragile tubes, 1-2 cm across and 1-3 cm high, appearing as a thin stretched skin embedded with branching coralline algae. Surface uneven, conulose and lacy in patches; body extremely cavernous. Oscules prominent, 1 cm wide, with raised membranous collars. Habitat: clustered in mixed algal beds, seagrass beds and shallow reefs. Distribution: also from SE Asia (Richmond, 1997). [details]
LanguageName 
English stinging tube sponge  [details]


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