Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Poecilosclerida > Family Hymedesmiidae > Genus Hymedesmia

Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) Bowerbank, 1864

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hymedesmia*	Bowerbank, 1864	accepted genus name

Subgenus group names

*Hymedesmia (Ectyodesmia)*	Topsent, 1928	synonym
*Hymedesmia (Holorodesmia)*	Topsent, 1928	synonym
*Hymoxenia*	Alander, 1937	synonym

Children

Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) baculifera (Topsent, 1901)
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) basispinosa Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) bocki Alander, 1942
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) bowerbanki Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) bractea Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) castanea Sarà, 1964
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) chlorosa Alander, 1942
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) clavigera Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) cohesibacilla Goodwin & Picton, 2009
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) consanguinea Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) cordichela Alander, 1942
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) costata Topsent, 1928
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) cratera Goodwin & Picton, 2009
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) crux (Schmidt, 1875)
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) curvichela Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) depressa Topsent, 1928
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) digitata Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) donsi Alander, 1937
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) dubia Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) ebria Alander, 1937
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) filifera (Schmidt, 1875)
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) flaccida Topsent, 1928
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gisleni Alander, 1942
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gracilisigma Topsent, 1928
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) grandis Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gunhildae Alander, 1942
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gustafsoni Alander, 1942
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) hallmanni Topsent, 1928
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) helgae Stephens, 1916
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) inflata (Alander, 1937)
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) irregularis Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jeanvaceleti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jecusculum (Bowerbank, 1866)
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jugalis Topsent, 1928
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) koehleri (Topsent, 1896)
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lacera Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) laevistylus Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lamina Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) latrunculioides Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lenta Descatoire, 1966
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) levis Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lobichela Topsent, 1928
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) longistylus Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) macrosigma Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mamillaris (Fristedt, 1885)
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) manubriata (Topsent, 1928)
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) matthesi Arndt, 1941
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mertoni Hentschel, 1912
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) microchela Alander, 1942
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) minuta Alander, 1935
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mollis Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mucronata (Topsent, 1904)
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mutabilis (Topsent, 1904)
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) norvegica Thiele, 1903
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) nummulus Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) occulta Bowerbank in Norman, 1869
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) oxneri Topsent, 1928
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pachychela Topsent, 1928
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) palmatichela Topsent, 1928
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pansa Bowerbank, 1882
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866)
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) peachii Bowerbank, 1882
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pennata Brøndsted, 1932
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) perforata Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pilata Bowerbank, 1882
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) planca Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) planisigma Topsent, 1928
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) plicata Topsent, 1928
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) poicilacantha Alander, 1942
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) procumbens Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) proxima Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pugio Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rathlinia Goodwin & Picton, 2009
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rhaphigena (Topsent, 1904)
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rissoi Topsent, 1936
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rugosa Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) senegalensis Lévi, 1956
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) serrulata Vacelet, 1969
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) similis Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) simillima Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) spinosa Stephens, 1916
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) splenium Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) stellifera Goodwin & Picton, 2009
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) storea Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) stylata Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) tenuisigma Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) thielei Alander, 1942
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) trichoma Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) truncata Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) umbelliformis Goodwin & Picton, 2009
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) velata Topsent, 1928
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) veneta (Schmidt, 1862)
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) verrucosa Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) versicolor (Topsent, 1893)
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) vomerula Topsent, 1928
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) williami Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) zetlandica Bowerbank, 1864

Literature

original description	Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII.
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928. Pp. 575-593. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928. Pp. 575-593. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).

Genbank

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 (Hymedesmia) Bowerbank, 1864. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169134