WoRMS taxon details
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866)
133621 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133621)
accepted
Species
Anchinoe paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Ectyodoryx paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Hymedesmia paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Hymeniacidon paupertas Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Myxilla paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Hymeniacidon paupertas Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 223-224 [details]
page(s): 223-224 [details]
Type locality contained in North Sea
type locality contained in North Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy Mediterranean representatives assigned to H. (H.) paupertas (as Anchinoe) have been described as thick red crusts, whereas...
Taxonomy Mediterranean representatives assigned to H. (H.) paupertas (as Anchinoe) have been described as thick red crusts, whereas the the North Atlantic specimens are thin and blue. Vacelet & Perez (2008) distinguished Mediterranean specimens as a separate species, Phorbas topsenti. [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. Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=133621 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
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(of Hymeniacidon paupertas Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 223-224 [details]
page(s): 223-224 [details]
Other
additional source
Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.</em> 159: 205-219. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ríos, P.; Cristobo, J.; Sánchez, F. (2017). Porifera del cañón de la Gaviera (sistemas de cañones de Avilés, mar Cantábrico). <em>Avances en estudios de biología marina: contribuciones del XVIII SIEBM GIJÓN. Temas de Oceanografía. Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Madrid. Spain.</em> 10: 123-133.
page(s): 130 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Dinn, C.; Leys, S.P. (2018). Field Guide to sponges of Eastern Canadian Arctic. <em>Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E9.</em> 1-102.
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.</em> 159: 205-219. [details] Available for editors

additional source Ríos, P.; Cristobo, J.; Sánchez, F. (2017). Porifera del cañón de la Gaviera (sistemas de cañones de Avilés, mar Cantábrico). <em>Avances en estudios de biología marina: contribuciones del XVIII SIEBM GIJÓN. Temas de Oceanografía. Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Madrid. Spain.</em> 10: 123-133.
page(s): 130 [details] Available for editors

additional source Dinn, C.; Leys, S.P. (2018). Field Guide to sponges of Eastern Canadian Arctic. <em>Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E9.</em> 1-102.
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors






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Taxonomy Mediterranean representatives assigned to H. (H.) paupertas (as Anchinoe) have been described as thick red crusts, whereas the the North Atlantic specimens are thin and blue. Vacelet & Perez (2008) distinguished Mediterranean specimens as a separate species, Phorbas topsenti. [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Hymeniacidon paupertas Bowerbank, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Anchinoe paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Hymedesmia paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hymedesmia paupertas) (from synonym Hymedesmia paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Hymedesmia paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Hymeniacidon paupertas Bowerbank, 1866)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Hymedesmia paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866))
To PESI (from synonym Hymeniacidon paupertas Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 5101) (from synonym Hymeniacidon paupertas Bowerbank, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Hymeniacidon paupertas Bowerbank, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Anchinoe paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Hymedesmia paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hymedesmia paupertas) (from synonym Hymedesmia paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Hymedesmia paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Hymeniacidon paupertas Bowerbank, 1866)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Hymedesmia paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866))
To PESI (from synonym Hymeniacidon paupertas Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 5101) (from synonym Hymeniacidon paupertas Bowerbank, 1866)