World Porifera Database - Species - Desmacella digitata (Lévi, 1960)

Porifera taxon details

Desmacella digitata (Lévi, 1960)

AphiaID

168301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168301)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Desmacella Schmidt, 1870

Original name

Tylodesma digitata Lévi, 1960

Synonymised names

Tylodesma digitata Lévi, 1960 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Tylodesma digitata Lévi, 1960) Lévi, C. (1960). Spongiaires des côtes occidentales africaines. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire (A. Sciences naturelles).</em> 22 (3): 743-769.
page(s): 751-752; fig 6 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Sahelian Upwelling

type locality contained in Sahelian Upwelling [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Desmacella digitata (Lévi, 1960). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=168301 on 2026-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2007-06-17 17:22:29Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Tylodesma digitata Lévi, 1960) Lévi, C. (1960). Spongiaires des côtes occidentales africaines. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire (A. Sciences naturelles).</em> 22 (3): 743-769.
page(s): 751-752; fig 6 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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