World Porifera Database - Species - Quindesmia inflata (Bowerbank, 1874)

Porifera name details

Quindesmia inflata (Bowerbank, 1874)

AphiaID

196665 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196665)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Accepted name

Halicnemia patera Bowerbank, 1864

Rank

Species

Parent

Quindesmia de Laubenfels, 1950 accepted as Halicnemia Bowerbank, 1864

Original name

Hymedesmia inflata Bowerbank, 1874

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Hymedesmia inflata Bowerbank, 1874) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 245, Pl. LXXIX 5-8; 248-250 [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. Quindesmia inflata (Bowerbank, 1874). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=196665 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-01-26 11:46:54Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2007-08-21 14:09:35Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2017-09-12 11:35:36Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (2)

original description (of Hymedesmia inflata Bowerbank, 1874) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 245, Pl. LXXIX 5-8; 248-250 [details]

source of synonymy Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The Sponges of Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 4 (1): 3-36.
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors

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