MSBIAS taxon details
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) Bowerbank, 1864
169134 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169134)
accepted
Subgenus
Hymedesmia zetlandica Bowerbank, 1864 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) zetlandica Bowerbank, 1864 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) baculifera (Topsent, 1901)
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) cohesibacilla Goodwin & Picton, 2009
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) cratera Goodwin & Picton, 2009
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) crux (Schmidt, 1875)
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) curvichela Lundbeck, 1910
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) digitata Lundbeck, 1910
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) helgae Stephens, 1916
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jecusculum (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) koehleri (Topsent, 1896)
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lenta Descatoire, 1966
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) longistylus Lundbeck, 1910
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) minuta Alander, 1935
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mucronata (Topsent, 1904)
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mutabilis (Topsent, 1904)
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) nummulus Lundbeck, 1910
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) occulta Bowerbank in Norman, 1869
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pansa Bowerbank, 1882
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) peachii Bowerbank, 1882
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pilata Bowerbank, 1882
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) procumbens Lundbeck, 1910
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rathlinia Goodwin & Picton, 2009
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) similis Lundbeck, 1910
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) spinosa Stephens, 1916
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) stellifera Goodwin & Picton, 2009
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) truncata Lundbeck, 1910
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) umbelliformis Goodwin & Picton, 2009
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) veneta (Schmidt, 1862)
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) versicolor (Topsent, 1893)
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) williami Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) zetlandica Bowerbank, 1864
- Species Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) tenuicula Lundbeck, 1910 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) williami Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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] 
(of Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864) 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]
(of Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864) 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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) Bowerbank, 1864. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169134 on 2025-11-10
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) Bowerbank, 1864. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169134 on 2025-11-10
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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original description
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] 
original description (of Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864) 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]
basis of record Van 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 record Van 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). [details] Available for editors
original description (of Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864) 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]
basis of record Van 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 record Van 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). [details] Available for editors
Present
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Introduced: alien
Containing type locality