Deep-Sea taxon details
Desmacella topsenti (Burton, 1930)
168310 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168310)
accepted
Species
Biemma corrugata sensu Topsent, 1890 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00989.x
page(s): 527 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 527 [details] Available for editors
Taxonomy This is based on Halichondria corrugata sensu Topsent, 1890, 1892, not sensu Bowerbank, 1866, which according to Burton...
Taxonomy This is based on Halichondria corrugata sensu Topsent, 1890, 1892, not sensu Bowerbank, 1866, which according to Burton (1930: 518) is a Mycale with very rare anisochelae. A few pages further in the same article, Burton (1930: 527) erected a new species of Tylodesma (=Desmacella) topsenti for Topsent's material. [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 topsenti (Burton, 1930). 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=168310 on 2026-05-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Desmacella topsenti (Burton, 1930). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168310 on 2026-05-06
original description
(of ) Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00989.x
page(s): 527 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 527 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This is based on Halichondria corrugata sensu Topsent, 1890, 1892, not sensu Bowerbank, 1866, which according to Burton (1930: 518) is a Mycale with very rare anisochelae. A few pages further in the same article, Burton (1930: 527) erected a new species of Tylodesma (=Desmacella) topsenti for Topsent's material. [details]
