World Porifera Database - Species - Hymedesmia constellata (Topsent, 1904)

Porifera name details

Hymedesmia constellata (Topsent, 1904)

AphiaID

240460 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240460)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)

Accepted name

Leptosastra constellata Topsent, 1904

Rank

Species

Parent

Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864

Original name

Leptosastra constellata Topsent, 1904

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Leptosastra constellata Topsent, 1904) Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 194-195 [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 constellata (Topsent, 1904). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=240460 on 2026-10-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-05-21 08:09:12Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (1)
Notes (1)

original description (of Leptosastra constellata Topsent, 1904) Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 194-195 [details]

From editor or global species database

Remark Leptosastra constellata is a perplexing sponge sharing characters of Hemiasterellidae (a crust of asters) and Hymedesmiidae (basal acanthostyles). Various assignments of authors reflect these ambiguous characters. [details]