WoRMS taxon details
Hymedesmia (Stylopus) dermata Lundbeck, 1910
133567 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133567)
accepted
Species
Hymedesmia dermata Lundbeck, 1910 · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Stylopus (Ectyostylopus) dermata (Lundbeck, 1910) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Stylopus dermatus (Lundbeck, 1910) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
- Variety Hymedesmia (Stylopus) dermata var. antarctica Hentschel, 1914 accepted as Hymedesmia (Stylopus) hentscheli Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied, status change)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Hymedesmia dermata Lundbeck, 1910) Lundbeck, W. (1910). Porifera. (Part III.) Desmacidonidae. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 6(3): 1-124.
page(s): 107-109 [details]
page(s): 107-109 [details]
Type locality contained in Faroe Plateau
type locality contained in Faroe Plateau [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy Hentschel (1914) erected three varieties antarctica for three different Hymedesmia species. These are homonyms of which...
Taxonomy Hentschel (1914) erected three varieties antarctica for three different Hymedesmia species. These are homonyms of which only one can be the senior homonym, the other two need to be renamed. Boury-Esnault & Van Beveren incorrectly assumed that varieties cannot be upgraded to species, so their action to take authorship for a species Hymedesmia antarctica based on Hymedesmia simillima var. antarctica Hentschel is invalid. Still, they assigned a holotype from Kerguelen, which needs to be compared closely with the Antarctic specimens of Hentschel to establish they are the same species. If so, then authorship would go to Hentschel (not Boury-Esnault & Van Beveren). The other two Hymedesmia varieties named antarctica by Hentschel need to be renamed. [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Hymedesmia (Stylopus) dermata Lundbeck, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=133567 on 2026-05-30
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Nomenclature
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(of Hymedesmia dermata Lundbeck, 1910) Lundbeck, W. (1910). Porifera. (Part III.) Desmacidonidae. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 6(3): 1-124.
page(s): 107-109 [details]
page(s): 107-109 [details]
Other
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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Hentschel (1914) erected three varieties antarctica for three different Hymedesmia species. These are homonyms of which only one can be the senior homonym, the other two need to be renamed. Boury-Esnault & Van Beveren incorrectly assumed that varieties cannot be upgraded to species, so their action to take authorship for a species Hymedesmia antarctica based on Hymedesmia simillima var. antarctica Hentschel is invalid. Still, they assigned a holotype from Kerguelen, which needs to be compared closely with the Antarctic specimens of Hentschel to establish they are the same species. If so, then authorship would go to Hentschel (not Boury-Esnault & Van Beveren). The other two Hymedesmia varieties named antarctica by Hentschel need to be renamed. [details]
