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) Bowerbank, 1864. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169134 on 2026-09-05
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) Bowerbank, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169134 on 2026-09-05
original descriptionBowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085[details]
original description(ofSclerilla Schmidt, 1868)Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V. page(s): 12 [details]
original description(ofHymedesmia (Holorodesmia) Topsent, 1928)Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI. page(s): 267 [details]
original description(ofHymedesmia (Ectyodesmia) Topsent, 1928)Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI. page(s): 257 [details]
basis of recordVan Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928. Pp. 575-593. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).[details] Available for editors
basis of recordVan Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928. Pp. 575-593. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_62[details] Available for editors
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