WoRMS name details
Desmacella schmidtii (Carter, 1882)
190838 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190838)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Hymedesmia schmidtii Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 297-298 [details]
page(s): 297-298 [details]
Type locality contained in Floridian
type locality contained in Floridian [details]
Nomenclature The name combination is inferred from the fact that Schmidt (1870) assigned this species to Desmacella under the species...
Nomenclature The name combination is inferred from the fact that Schmidt (1870) assigned this species to Desmacella under the species name johnstoni, but Carter (1882) when proposing the new name schmidtii used the genus name Hymedesmia without citing Schmidt's name Desmacella. [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 schmidtii (Carter, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=190838 on 2025-05-07
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(of Hymedesmia schmidtii Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 297-298 [details]
page(s): 297-298 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Nomenclature The name combination is inferred from the fact that Schmidt (1870) assigned this species to Desmacella under the species name johnstoni, but Carter (1882) when proposing the new name schmidtii used the genus name Hymedesmia without citing Schmidt's name Desmacella. [details]
