WoRMS name details
Desmacidon reptans Ridley & Dendy, 1886
238734 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238734)
unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 18: 325-351, 470-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459998
page(s): 345 [details]
Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 105 [details]
page(s): 345 [details]
Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 105 [details]
Type locality contained in Eastern Brazil
type locality contained in Eastern Brazil [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Desmacidon reptans Ridley & Dendy, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238734 on 2026-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 18: 325-351, 470-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459998
page(s): 345 [details]
original description Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 105 [details]
page(s): 345 [details]
original description Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 105 [details]
Other
additional source
Lindgren, N.G. (1898). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Spongienfauna des Malayischen Archipels und der chinesischen Meere. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 11: 283-378, pls 17-20.
page(s): 303-304; note: Misapplication, probably for Desmapsamma vervoorti. [details]
additional source Tanita, S.; Hoshino, T. (1989). The Demospongiae of Sagami Bay. <em>Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household: Japan.</em> i-xiii, 1-197 [in English], pls 1-19; 1-166 [in Japanese], 1 map.
page(s): 127; note: Misapplication, probably for Desmapsamma vervoorti. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 303-304; note: Misapplication, probably for Desmapsamma vervoorti. [details]
additional source Tanita, S.; Hoshino, T. (1989). The Demospongiae of Sagami Bay. <em>Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household: Japan.</em> i-xiii, 1-197 [in English], pls 1-19; 1-166 [in Japanese], 1 map.
page(s): 127; note: Misapplication, probably for Desmapsamma vervoorti. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype BMNH [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | トカゲクサリカイメン | [details] |
