World Porifera Database - Species - Desmacidon antarctica Kirkpatrick, 1908

Porifera name details

Desmacidon antarctica Kirkpatrick, 1908

AphiaID

190878 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190878)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Accepted name

Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

Rank

Species

Parent

Desmacidon Bowerbank, 1861

Original name

Desmacidon antarctica Kirkpatrick, 1908

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Kirkpatrick, R. (1908). Porifera (Sponges). II. Tetraxonida, Dendy. <em>National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 Natural History.</em> 4, Zoology: 1-56, pls VIII-XXVI. [details]

Type data

Note Antarctic

Unreviewed

Type locality Antarctic [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. Desmacidon antarctica Kirkpatrick, 1908. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=190878 on 2026-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-04-10 17:08:02Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

[taxonomic tree]

[clear cache]

Sources (1)
Notes (2)

original description Kirkpatrick, R. (1908). Porifera (Sponges). II. Tetraxonida, Dendy. <em>National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 Natural History.</em> 4, Zoology: 1-56, pls VIII-XXVI. [details]

Unreviewed

Holotype BMNH [details]

Type locality Antarctic [details]