1. Subgenus Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) Bowerbank, 1864
   1. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) baculifera (Topsent, 1901)
   2. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) basiclavata Topsent, 1928
   3. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) basispinosa Lundbeck, 1910
   4. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) bractea Lundbeck, 1910
   5. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) consanguinea Lundbeck, 1910
   6. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) costata Topsent, 1928
   7. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) crux (Schmidt, 1875)
   8. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) cultrisigma Lundbeck, 1910
   9. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) curvichela Lundbeck, 1910
   10. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) depressa Topsent, 1928
   11. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) digitata Lundbeck, 1910
   12. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) ebria Alander, 1937
   13. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) filifera (Schmidt, 1875)
   14. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) flaccida Topsent, 1928
   15. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gibbosa Goodwin, Picton & van Soest, 2011
   16. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gracilisigma Topsent, 1928
   17. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) grandis Lundbeck, 1910
   18. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) hallmanni Topsent, 1928
   19. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) helgae Stephens, 1916
   20. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) irregularis Lundbeck, 1910
   21. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jugalis Topsent, 1928
   22. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) koehleri (Topsent, 1896)
   23. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lacera Lundbeck, 1910
   24. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) laevistylus Lundbeck, 1910
   25. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lamina Lundbeck, 1910
   26. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) levis Lundbeck, 1910
   27. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lobichela Topsent, 1928
   28. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) longistylus Lundbeck, 1910
   29. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) macrosigma Lundbeck, 1910
   30. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) manubriata (Topsent, 1928)
   31. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mollis Lundbeck, 1910
   32. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mucronata (Topsent, 1904)
   33. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mutabilis (Topsent, 1904)
   34. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) norvegica Thiele, 1903
   35. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) nummota Laubenfels, 1936
   36. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) nummulus Lundbeck, 1910
   37. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) occulta Bowerbank in Norman, 1869
   38. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) oxneri Topsent, 1928
   39. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pachychela Topsent, 1928
   40. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) palmatichela Topsent, 1928
   41. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866)
   42. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) peachii Bowerbank, 1882
   43. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pennata Brøndsted, 1932
   44. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) perforata Lundbeck, 1910
   45. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) planca Lundbeck, 1910
   46. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) planisigma Topsent, 1928
   47. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) platychela Lundbeck, 1910
   48. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) plicata Topsent, 1928
   49. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) procumbens Lundbeck, 1910
   50. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) proxima Lundbeck, 1910
   51. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pugio Lundbeck, 1910
   52. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) quadridentata Cardone, Pansini, Corriero & Bertolino, 2019
   53. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rugosa Lundbeck, 1910
   54. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) serrulata Vacelet, 1969
   55. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) similis Lundbeck, 1910
   56. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) simillima Lundbeck, 1910
   57. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) spinosa Stephens, 1916
   58. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) splenium Lundbeck, 1910
   59. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) stoneae Goodwin, Picton & van Soest, 2011
   60. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) storea Lundbeck, 1910
   61. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) stylata Lundbeck, 1910
   62. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) tenuisigma Lundbeck, 1910
   63. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) truncata Lundbeck, 1910
   64. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) vaceleti Díaz & Pomponi, 2018
   65. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) valentinae Goodwin, Picton & van Soest, 2011
   66. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) velata Topsent, 1928
   67. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) verrucosa Lundbeck, 1910
   68. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) vomerula Topsent, 1928
   69. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) williami Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
   70. Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) xavierae Goodwin, Picton & van Soest, 2011
2. Subgenus Hymedesmia (Stylopus) Fristedt, 1885
   1. Species Hymedesmia (Stylopus) acerata (Topsent, 1904)
   2. Species Hymedesmia (Stylopus) coriacea (Fristedt, 1885)
   3. Species Hymedesmia (Stylopus) ernsthentscheli Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
   4. Species Hymedesmia (Stylopus) indivisa (Topsent, 1928)
   5. Species Hymedesmia (Stylopus) longurius Lundbeck, 1910
   6. Species Hymedesmia (Stylopus) methanophila Cárdenas, 2019
   7. Species Hymedesmia (Stylopus) mucronella Lundbeck, 1910
   8. Species Hymedesmia (Stylopus) obtusata (Topsent, 1904)
   9. Species Hymedesmia (Stylopus) primitiva Lundbeck, 1910
   10. Species Hymedesmia (Stylopus) tornotata Lundbeck, 1910
   11. Species Hymedesmia (Stylopus) antarctica Hentschel, 1914 accepted as Hymedesmia (Stylopus) ernsthentscheli Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied and status change)
3. Species Hymedesmia ramentum Koltun, 1970
4. Subgenus Hymedesmia (Ectyodesmia) Topsent, 1928 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) Bowerbank, 1864 (junior synonym)
   1. Species Hymedesmia (Ectyodesmia) basiclavata Topsent, 1928 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) basiclavata Topsent, 1928 (subgenus transfer)
   2. Species Hymedesmia (Ectyodesmia) depressa Topsent, 1928 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) depressa Topsent, 1928 (subgenus transfer)
   3. Species Hymedesmia (Ectyodesmia) gracilisigma Topsent, 1928 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gracilisigma Topsent, 1928 (subgenus transfer)
   4. Species Hymedesmia (Ectyodesmia) jugalis Topsent, 1928 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jugalis Topsent, 1928 (subgenus transfer)
   5. Species Hymedesmia (Ectyodesmia) koehleri (Topsent, 1896) accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) koehleri (Topsent, 1896) (subgenus transfer)
   6. Species Hymedesmia (Ectyodesmia) mutabilis (Topsent, 1904) accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mutabilis (Topsent, 1904) (subgenus transfer)
   7. Species Hymedesmia (Ectyodesmia) pachychela Topsent, 1928 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pachychela Topsent, 1928 (subgenus transfer)
   8. Species Hymedesmia (Ectyodesmia) velata Topsent, 1928 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) velata Topsent, 1928 (subgenus transfer)
5. Subgenus Hymedesmia (Holorodesmia) Topsent, 1928 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) Bowerbank, 1864 (junior synonym)
   1. Species Hymedesmia (Holorodesmia) flaccida Topsent, 1928 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) flaccida Topsent, 1928 (subgenus transfer)
   2. Species Hymedesmia (Holorodesmia) hallmanni Topsent, 1928 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) hallmanni Topsent, 1928 (subgenus transfer)
   3. Species Hymedesmia (Holorodesmia) palmatichela Topsent, 1928 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) palmatichela Topsent, 1928 (subgenus transfer)
6. Species Hymedesmia aenigma Lundbeck, 1910 accepted as Acanthancora aenigma (Lundbeck, 1910) (genus transfer)
7. Species Hymedesmia chondrilloides Topsent, 1904 accepted as Timea chondrilloides (Topsent, 1904) (genus transfer)
8. Species Hymedesmia dujardinii (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Hymedesmia (Stylopus) coriacea (Fristedt, 1885) (junior synonym)
9. Species Hymedesmia tenuicula Lundbeck, 1910 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) williami Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (subgenus assignment and preoccupied)
10. Species Hymedesmia tristellata Topsent, 1892 accepted as Timea tristellata (Topsent, 1892) accepted as Spirastrella tristellata (Topsent, 1892) (genus transfer)
11. Species Hymedesmia baculifera (Topsent, 1901) represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) baculifera (Topsent, 1901) (subgenus assignment)
12. Species Hymedesmia basiclavata Topsent, 1928 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) basiclavata Topsent, 1928 (subgenus assignment)
13. Species Hymedesmia basispinosa Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) basispinosa Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
14. Species Hymedesmia bractea Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) bractea Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
15. Species Hymedesmia consanguinea Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) consanguinea Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
16. Species Hymedesmia crux (Schmidt, 1875) represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) crux (Schmidt, 1875) (subgenus assignment)
17. Species Hymedesmia cultrisigma Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) cultrisigma Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
18. Species Hymedesmia curvichela Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) curvichela Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
19. Species Hymedesmia depressa Topsent, 1928 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) depressa Topsent, 1928 (subgenus assignment)
20. Species Hymedesmia digitata Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) digitata Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
21. Species Hymedesmia filifera (Schmidt, 1875) represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) filifera (Schmidt, 1875) (subgenus assignment)
22. Species Hymedesmia gracilisigma Topsent, 1928 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gracilisigma Topsent, 1928 (subgenus assignment)
23. Species Hymedesmia grandis Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) grandis Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
24. Species Hymedesmia helgae Stephens, 1916 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) helgae Stephens, 1916 (subgenus assignment)
25. Species Hymedesmia irregularis Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) irregularis Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
26. Species Hymedesmia jugalis Topsent, 1928 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jugalis Topsent, 1928 (subgenus assignment)
27. Species Hymedesmia koehleri (Topsent, 1896) represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) koehleri (Topsent, 1896) (subgenus assignment)
28. Species Hymedesmia lacera Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lacera Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
29. Species Hymedesmia laevistylus Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) laevistylus Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
30. Species Hymedesmia lamina Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lamina Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
31. Species Hymedesmia levis Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) levis Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
32. Species Hymedesmia lobichela Topsent, 1928 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lobichela Topsent, 1928 (subgenus assignment)
33. Species Hymedesmia longistylus Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) longistylus Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
34. Species Hymedesmia longurius Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Stylopus) longurius Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
35. Species Hymedesmia macrosigma Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) macrosigma Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
36. Species Hymedesmia mollis Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mollis Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
37. Species Hymedesmia mucronata (Topsent, 1904) represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mucronata (Topsent, 1904) (subgenus assignment)
38. Species Hymedesmia mucronella Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Stylopus) mucronella Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
39. Species Hymedesmia mutabilis (Topsent, 1904) represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mutabilis (Topsent, 1904) (subgenus assignment)
40. Species Hymedesmia norvegica Thiele, 1903 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) norvegica Thiele, 1903 (subgenus assignment)
41. Species Hymedesmia nummota Laubenfels, 1936 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) nummota Laubenfels, 1936 (subgenus assignment)
42. Species Hymedesmia nummulus Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) nummulus Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
43. Species Hymedesmia occulta Bowerbank in Norman, 1869 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) occulta Bowerbank in Norman, 1869 (subgenus assignment)
44. Species Hymedesmia oxneri Topsent, 1928 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) oxneri Topsent, 1928 (subgenus assignment)
45. Species Hymedesmia peachii Bowerbank, 1882 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) peachii Bowerbank, 1882 (subgenus assignment)
46. Species Hymedesmia pennata Brøndsted, 1932 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pennata Brøndsted, 1932 (subgenus assignment)
47. Species Hymedesmia perforata Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) perforata Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
48. Species Hymedesmia planca Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) planca Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
49. Species Hymedesmia planisigma Topsent, 1928 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) planisigma Topsent, 1928 (subgenus assignment)
50. Species Hymedesmia platychela Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) platychela Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
51. Species Hymedesmia plicata Topsent, 1928 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) plicata Topsent, 1928 (subgenus assignment)
52. Species Hymedesmia primitiva Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Stylopus) primitiva Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
53. Species Hymedesmia procumbens Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) procumbens Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
54. Species Hymedesmia pugio Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pugio Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
55. Species Hymedesmia rugosa Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rugosa Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
56. Species Hymedesmia similis Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) similis Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
57. Species Hymedesmia simillima Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) simillima Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
58. Species Hymedesmia spinosa Stephens, 1916 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) spinosa Stephens, 1916 (subgenus assignment)
59. Species Hymedesmia splenium Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) splenium Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
60. Species Hymedesmia storea Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) storea Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
61. Species Hymedesmia stylata Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) stylata Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
62. Species Hymedesmia tenuisigma Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) tenuisigma Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
63. Species Hymedesmia tornotata Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Stylopus) tornotata Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
64. Species Hymedesmia truncata Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) truncata Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
65. Species Hymedesmia velata Topsent, 1928 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) velata Topsent, 1928 (subgenus assignment)
66. Species Hymedesmia verrucosa Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) verrucosa Lundbeck, 1910 (subgenus assignment)
67. Species Hymedesmia vomerula Topsent, 1928 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) vomerula Topsent, 1928 (subgenus assignment)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

recent only

feminine

Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085 [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131950 on 2024-04-19

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131950 on 2024-04-19

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