MSBIAS name details
Hymedesmia crux (Schmidt, 1875)
395117 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395117)
alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Schmidt, O. (1875). Spongien. Die Expedition zur physikalisch-chemischen und biologischen Untersuchung der Nordsee im Sommer 1872. <em>Jahresbericht der Commission zur Wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere in Kiel.</em> 2-3: 115-120, pl. I., available online at https://archive.org/details/wissenschaftlich2318komm [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 crux (Schmidt, 1875). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland 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=395117 on 2026-10-10
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Hymedesmia crux (Schmidt, 1875). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395117 on 2026-10-10
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(of ) Schmidt, O. (1875). Spongien. Die Expedition zur physikalisch-chemischen und biologischen Untersuchung der Nordsee im Sommer 1872. <em>Jahresbericht der Commission zur Wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere in Kiel.</em> 2-3: 115-120, pl. I., available online at https://archive.org/details/wissenschaftlich2318komm [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1930). Additions to the Sponge Fauna at Plymouth. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 16(2): 489-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400072891
page(s): 498 [details]
additional source Lundbeck, W. (1910). Porifera. (Part III.) Desmacidonidae. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 6(3): 1-124.
page(s): 83-84 [details]
additional source Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). <em>Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland.</em> 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 38-39 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1930). Additions to the Sponge Fauna at Plymouth. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 16(2): 489-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400072891
page(s): 498 [details]
additional source Lundbeck, W. (1910). Porifera. (Part III.) Desmacidonidae. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 6(3): 1-124.
page(s): 83-84 [details]
additional source Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). <em>Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland.</em> 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 38-39 [details]