World Porifera Database - Species - Hymedesmia helgae Stephens, 1916

Porifera name details

Hymedesmia helgae Stephens, 1916

AphiaID

191859 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191859)

Classification

Status

alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Accepted name

Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) helgae Stephens, 1916

Rank

Species

Parent

Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864

Original name

Hymedesmia helgae Stephens, 1916

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Stephens, J. (1916). Preliminary Notice of some Irish Sponges. The Monaxonellida (Suborder Sigmatomonaxonellida) obtained by the Fisheries Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, Ireland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (8) 17: 232-242., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931508693773
page(s): 236-237 [details]

Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland. 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 40-41 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Celtic Seas

type locality contained in Celtic Seas [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. Hymedesmia helgae Stephens, 1916. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=191859 on 2026-07-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-05-13 14:14:15Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2017-07-20 07:21:35Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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original description Stephens, J. (1916). Preliminary Notice of some Irish Sponges. The Monaxonellida (Suborder Sigmatomonaxonellida) obtained by the Fisheries Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, Ireland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (8) 17: 232-242., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931508693773
page(s): 236-237 [details]

original description Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland. 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 40-41 [details]

additional source Burton, M. (1930). Additions to the Sponge Fauna at Plymouth. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 16(2): 489-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400072891
page(s): 501 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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