WoRMS name details
Desmacidon arciferum Schmidt, 1868
384636 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384636)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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; pl II fig 12 [details]
page(s): 12; pl II fig 12 [details]
Holotype MNHN DT 764, geounit Western Mediterranean
Holotype MNHN DT 764, geounit Western Mediterranean [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Desmacidon arciferum Schmidt, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=384636 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
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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; pl II fig 12 [details]
page(s): 12; pl II fig 12 [details]
Other
additional source
Topsent, E. (1938). Contribution nouvelle à la connaissance des Eponges des côtes d'Algérie. Les espèces nouvelles d'O. Schmidt, 1868. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 758: 1-32.
page(s): 14-15 [details]
page(s): 14-15 [details]





Holotype MNHN DT 764, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
From editor or global species database
Identification This was synonymized with Clathria (Clathria) coralloides by Topsent, 1938, but it possesses toxas in contrast to most (if not all) specimens of C. (C.) coralloides. See Van Soest et al. 2013: 286. [details]