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Porifera name detailsHymedesmia canadensis Ginn, Logan, Thomas & van Soest, 1998
191836 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191836)
alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Species
marine,
recent only
Ginn, B.K.; Logan, A.; Thomas, M.L.H.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). <i>Hymedesmia canadensis</i> (Porifera: Poecilosclerida), a new species among new geographical records from the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 78: 1093-1100. [details] Available for editors
 [request]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy
type locality contained in Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy [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. Hymedesmia canadensis Ginn, Logan, Thomas & van Soest, 1998. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=191836 on 2024-04-24
Date action by
original description
Ginn, B.K.; Logan, A.; Thomas, M.L.H.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). <i>Hymedesmia canadensis</i> (Porifera: Poecilosclerida), a new species among new geographical records from the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 78: 1093-1100. [details] Available for editors
[request]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Diet suspension feeding. Captures minute particles of food on their collars and ingesting them. [details]Habitat benthic [details] Predators generally for group, most predators (crabs and other invertebrates), find sponges distasteful either because of a presumably offensive odor or because of their spicules. Predators do include littorinid snails and nudibranchs. [details] Reproduction Asexual reproduction by buds and gemmules and sexual reproduction (internally) by eggs and sperm; free-swimming cilated larvae (in general, most species are believed to be hermaphroditic but may not produce male and female gametes simultaneously). [details] |