Deep-Sea taxon details
Desmacella Schmidt, 1870
131898 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131898)
accepted
Genus
Desmacella pumilio Schmidt, 1870 (type by subsequent designation)
Sigmatoxella de Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Tylodesma Thiele, 1903 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Desmacella annexa Schmidt, 1870
- Species Desmacella grimaldii (Topsent, 1890)
- Species Desmacella informis (Stephens, 1916)
- Species Desmacella infundibuliformis (Vosmaer, 1885)
- Species Desmacella inornata (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Species Desmacella koltuni Göcke & Janussen, 2013
- Species Desmacella microsigma (Lévi, 1964)
- Species Desmacella pumilio Schmidt, 1870
- Species Desmacella topsenti (Burton, 1930)
- Species Desmacella toxophora Lévi, 1993
- Species Desmacella tylovariabilis Cavalcanti, Santos & Pinheiro, 2015
- Species Desmacella vagabunda Schmidt, 1870
- Species Desmacella vestibularis (Wilson, 1904)
- Species Desmacella aberrans Topsent, 1890 accepted as Dragmatella aberrans (Topsent, 1890) (genus transfer)
- Species Desmacella hamifera Lundbeck, 1902 accepted as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Desmacella peachii (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 53 [details]
page(s): 53 [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. Desmacella Schmidt, 1870. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131898 on 2026-07-23
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Desmacella Schmidt, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131898 on 2026-07-23
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original description
Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 53 [details]
original description (of Tylodesma Thiele, 1903) Thiele, J. (1903). Kieselschwämme von Ternate. II. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 25: 933-968, pl. XVIII.
page(s): 944 [details]
original description (of Sigmatoxella de 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): 121 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Hajdu, E.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Desmacellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. pp. 642-650. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <em>Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes).</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_69 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Hajdu, E.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Desmacellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. pp. 642-650. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes).</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 53 [details]
original description (of Tylodesma Thiele, 1903) Thiele, J. (1903). Kieselschwämme von Ternate. II. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 25: 933-968, pl. XVIII.
page(s): 944 [details]
original description (of Sigmatoxella de 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): 121 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Hajdu, E.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Desmacellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. pp. 642-650. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <em>Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes).</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_69 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Hajdu, E.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Desmacellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. pp. 642-650. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes).</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | タイルカイメン属 [from synonym] | [details] |
