|
Porifera taxon details
original description
(of Desmacidon armatum Schmidt, 1868) Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V. page(s): 11; pl II fig 10 [details]
source of synonymy
(of Myxilla armata (Schmidt, 1868)) Topsent, E. (1901). Considérations sur la faune des spongiaires des côtes d'Algérie. Eponges de La Calle. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (3) 9: 327-370, pls XIII-XIV. page(s): 330 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Assignment of Desmacidon armatum to Phorbas is based entirely on Schmidt's drawing of the spicules. No recent examination of the type material has been done to date. Possibly, this is Phorbas fictitius. [details]
|
| |