Desmacidon (Homoeodictya) Ehlers, 1870 
AphiaID: 717020

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Desmacididae (Family) > Desmacidon (Genus)

Status		unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864
Rank		Subgenus
Parent		Desmacidon Bowerbank, 1861
Sources		original description: Ehlers, E. 1870. Die Esper’schen Spongien in der zoologischen Sammlung der K. Universität Erlangen. (E.Th. Jacob: Erlangen): 1-36. [details] [full text] basis of record: Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. 1887. Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’, 1873-1876.Zoology 20(59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pls I-LI, 1 map. [details] [full text]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Desmacidon (Homoeodictya) grandis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Isodictya grandis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Species Desmacidon (Homoeodictya) kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717020
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2013-02-01 10:13:36Z   created   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Desmacidon (Homoeodictya) Ehlers, 1870. 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=717020 on 2013-05-25