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Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) Bowerbank, 1864

169134  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169134)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Poecilosclerida (Order)
  7. Hymedesmiidae (Family)
  8. Hymedesmia (Genus)
  9. Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) (Subgenus)
accepted
Subgenus
Hymedesmia (Ectyodesmia) Topsent, 1928 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Hymedesmia (Holorodesmia) Topsent, 1928 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Hymoxenia Alander, 1937 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Poecilochela Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Sclerilla Schmidt, 1868 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Stegxella Bowerbank, 1874 · unaccepted (nomen nudum and junior synonym)

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  1. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) agariciicola van Soest, 1984
  2. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) anatoliensis Gözcelíoglu, Van Soest, Alvarez & Konuklugíl, 2015
  3. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) anisostrongyloxea Bergquist & Fromont, 1988
  4. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) antarctica Hentschel, 1914
  5. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) anvilensis Ott, McDaniel & Humphrey, 2024
  6. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) armigera (Bowerbank, 1882)
  7. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) atlantica Topsent, 1928
  8. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) aurantiaca Lévi, 1963
  9. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) baculifera (Topsent, 1901)
  10. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) barnesi Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012
  11. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) basiclavata Topsent, 1928
  12. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) basispinosa Lundbeck, 1910
  13. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) bocki Alander, 1942
  14. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) bonairensis van Soest, 2009
  15. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) bowerbanki Lundbeck, 1910
  16. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) brachyrhabda Lévi & Lévi, 1983
  17. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) bractea Lundbeck, 1910
  18. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) canadensis Ginn, Logan, Thomas & van Soest, 1998
  19. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) caribica Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
  20. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) castanea Sarà, 1964
  21. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) chlorosa Alander, 1942
  22. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) clavigera Lundbeck, 1910
  23. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) cohesibacilla Goodwin & Picton, 2009
  24. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) consanguinea Lundbeck, 1910
  25. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) cordichela Alander, 1942
  26. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) costata Topsent, 1928
  27. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) cratera Goodwin & Picton, 2009
  28. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) crelloides Burton & Rao, 1932
  29. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) croftsae Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2016
  30. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) crux (Schmidt, 1875)
  31. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) cultrisigma Lundbeck, 1910
  32. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) curacaoensis van Soest, 1984
  33. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) curvichela Lundbeck, 1910
  34. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) decepta (Kirkpatrick, 1907)
  35. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) depressa Topsent, 1928
  36. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) dichela (Hentschel, 1911)
  37. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) digitata Lundbeck, 1910
  38. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) donsi Alander, 1937
  39. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) dubia Lundbeck, 1910
  40. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) ebria Alander, 1937
  41. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) filans (Schmidt, 1868)
  42. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) filifera (Schmidt, 1875)
  43. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) flaccida Topsent, 1928
  44. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gaussiana Hentschel, 1914
  45. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gibbosa Goodwin, Picton & van Soest, 2011
  46. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gisleni Alander, 1942
  47. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gracilisigma Topsent, 1928
  48. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) grandis Lundbeck, 1910
  49. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gregalis Koltun, 1970
  50. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gunhildae Alander, 1942
  51. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gustafsoni Alander, 1942
  52. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) hallmanni Topsent, 1928
  53. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) helgae Stephens, 1916
  54. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) humboldti Salani, Willenz, Fernandez & Hajdu, 2022
  55. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) inflata (Alander, 1937)
  56. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) irregularis Lundbeck, 1910
  57. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jamaicensis van Soest, 1984
  58. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jeanvaceleti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  59. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jecusculum (Bowerbank, 1866)
  60. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jugalis Topsent, 1928
  61. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) koehleri (Topsent, 1896)
  62. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lacera Lundbeck, 1910
  63. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) laevistylus Lundbeck, 1910
  64. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lamina Lundbeck, 1910
  65. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lancifera (Topsent, 1906)
  66. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) laptikhovskyi Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2016
  67. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) latrunculioides Lundbeck, 1910
  68. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lenta Descatoire, 1966
  69. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) leptochela Hentschel, 1914
  70. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) levis Lundbeck, 1910
  71. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lindstroemae Cárdenas & Thollesson, 2016
  72. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lobichela Topsent, 1928
  73. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) longistylus Lundbeck, 1910
  74. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lundbecki Dendy, 1924
  75. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) macrosigma Lundbeck, 1910
  76. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mamillaris (Fristedt, 1885)
  77. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mannarensis Thomas, 1970
  78. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) manubriata (Topsent, 1928)
  79. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mariondufresni Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982
  80. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) matthesi Arndt, 1941
  81. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mertoni Hentschel, 1912
  82. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) microchela Alander, 1942
  83. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) microstrongyla Bergquist & Fromont, 1988
  84. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) minuta Alander, 1935
  85. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mollis Lundbeck, 1910
  86. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mucronata (Topsent, 1904)
  87. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) murrayi Burton, 1959
  88. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mutabilis (Topsent, 1904)
  89. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) noramaloneae Goodwin, Berman & Hendry, 2019
  90. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) norvegica Thiele, 1903
  91. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) nummota Laubenfels, 1936
  92. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) nummulus Lundbeck, 1910
  93. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) occulta Bowerbank in Norman, 1869
  94. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) omissa Topsent, 1938
  95. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) orientalis Koltun, 1962
  96. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) oxneri Topsent, 1928
  97. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pachychela Topsent, 1928
  98. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) palmatichela Topsent, 1928
  99. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) palmatichelifera van Soest, 1984
  100. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pansa Bowerbank, 1882
  101. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) parva Stephens, 1915
  102. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866)
  103. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) peachii Bowerbank, 1882
  104. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pennata Brøndsted, 1932
  105. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) perforata Lundbeck, 1910
  106. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) peruana Salani, Willenz, Fernandez & Hajdu, 2022
  107. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pilata Bowerbank, 1882
  108. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) planca Lundbeck, 1910
  109. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) planisigma Topsent, 1928
  110. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) platychela Lundbeck, 1910
  111. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) plicata Topsent, 1928
  112. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) poicilacantha Alander, 1942
  113. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) procumbens Lundbeck, 1910
  114. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) promina Turner & Lonhart, 2023
  115. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) prostrata Thiele, 1903
  116. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) proxima Lundbeck, 1910
  117. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pugio Lundbeck, 1910
  118. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) quadridentata Cardone, Pansini, Corriero & Bertolino, 2019
  119. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rathlinia Goodwin & Picton, 2009
  120. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rhaphigena (Topsent, 1904)
  121. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rissoi Topsent, 1936
  122. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rowi Van Soest, 2017
  123. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rugosa Lundbeck, 1910
  124. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) saccea (Schmidt, 1864)
  125. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) santarositae Salani, Willenz, Fernandez & Hajdu, 2022
  126. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) senegalensis Lévi, 1956
  127. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) serrulata Vacelet, 1969
  128. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) similis Lundbeck, 1910
  129. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) simillima Lundbeck, 1910
  130. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) spinata Calcinai, Bavestrello, Bertolino, Pica, Wagner & Cerrano, 2013
  131. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) spiniarcuata Lévi & Lévi, 1983
  132. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) spinosa Stephens, 1916
  133. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) splenium Lundbeck, 1910
  134. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) stellifera Goodwin & Picton, 2009
  135. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) stoneae Goodwin, Picton & van Soest, 2011
  136. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) storea Lundbeck, 1910
  137. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) stylata Lundbeck, 1910
  138. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) stylophora Thomas, 1970
  139. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) tendali Goodwin, Picton & van Soest, 2011
  140. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) tenuisigma Lundbeck, 1910
  141. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) tenuissima (Dendy, 1905)
  142. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) thielei Alander, 1942
  143. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) trichoma Lundbeck, 1910
  144. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) truncata Lundbeck, 1910
  145. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) uchinourensis Hoshino, 1981
  146. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) umbelliformis Goodwin & Picton, 2009
  147. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) unguifera Burton, 1929
  148. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) vaceleti Díaz & Pomponi, 2018
  149. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) valentinae Goodwin, Picton & van Soest, 2011
  150. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) velata Topsent, 1928
  151. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) veneta (Schmidt, 1862)
  152. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) verrucosa Lundbeck, 1910
  153. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) versicolor (Topsent, 1893)
  154. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) vicaria Wiedenmayer in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994
  155. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) vomerula Topsent, 1928
  156. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) williami Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  157. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) xavierae Goodwin, Picton & van Soest, 2011
  158. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) zetlandica Bowerbank, 1864
  159. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) antarctica Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) antarctica Hentschel, 1914 (junior synonym)
  160. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) campechiana Topsent, 1889 accepted as Tylosigma campechianum (Topsent, 1889) (reverted genus transfer)
  161. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) inflata Vacelet, 1969 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jeanvaceleti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
  162. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) irritans Thiele, 1905 accepted as Forcepia (Leptolabis) irritans (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
  163. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) laevis Thiele, 1905 accepted as Hymenancora laevis (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
  164. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) proteidea (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Phorbas fictitius (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  165. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pustula (Fristedt, 1887) accepted as Forcepia (Leptolabis) pustula (Fristedt, 1887) (genus transfer)
  166. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rectirhaphis (Pulitzer-Finali, 1983) accepted as Hymetrichita rectirhaphis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 (reverted genus transfer)
  167. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) similima accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) simillima Lundbeck, 1910 (misspelling of species name)
  168. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) sirventi (Topsent, 1927) accepted as Hymenancora sirventi (Topsent, 1927) (genus transfer)
  169. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) tenuicula Lundbeck, 1910 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) williami Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
  170. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) tenuisclera (Lundbeck, 1910) accepted as Hymenancora tenuisclera Lundbeck, 1910 (reverted genus transfer)
  171. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) umbellifera (Topsent, 1904) accepted as Hymenancora umbellifera (Topsent, 1904) (genus transfer)
  172. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) vidua (Schmidt, 1875) accepted as Spirorhabdia vidua (Schmidt, 1875) (genus transfer)
  173. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) stepanovii (Czerniavsky, 1880) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085 [details] OpenAccess publication

(of Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864) Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085 [details] OpenAccess publication
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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) Bowerbank, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169134 on 2025-04-28
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Hymedesmia (Holorodesmia) Topsent, 1928) Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 267 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Sclerilla 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): 12 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864) Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Hymoxenia Alander, 1937) Alander, H. (1937). Sponges from the Trondheimsfjord and AdjacentWaters. Part II. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger.</em> 10 (19): 71-74.
page(s): 71-72 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Stegxella Bowerbank, 1874) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Poecilochela Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 87 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Hymedesmia (Ectyodesmia) Topsent, 1928) Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 257 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928. Pp. 575-593. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928. Pp. 575-593. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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