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

Hymedesmia (Stylopus) Fristedt, 1885

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Stylopus Fristedt, 1885

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hymedesmia*	Bowerbank, 1864	accepted genus name
*Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia)*	Bowerbank, 1864	taxonomically included in
*Hymedesmia (Stylopus)*	Fristedt, 1885	taxonomically included in

Subgenus group names

*Hymedesmia (Stylopus) acerata*	(Topsent, 1904)	taxonomically included in
*Hymedesmia (Stylopus) coriacea*	(Fristedt, 1885)	taxonomically included in
*Hymedesmia (Stylopus) crami*	Goodwin & Picton, 2009	taxonomically included in
*Hymedesmia (Stylopus) dermata*	Lundbeck, 1910	taxonomically included in
*Hymedesmia (Stylopus) hibernica*	Stephens, 1916	taxonomically included in
*Hymedesmia (Stylopus) longurius*	Lundbeck, 1910	taxonomically included in
*Hymedesmia (Stylopus) obtusata*	(Topsent, 1904)	taxonomically included in
*Hymedesmia (Stylopus) odhneri*	(Alander, 1942)	taxonomically included in
*Hymedesmia (Stylopus) primitiva*	Lundbeck, 1910	taxonomically included in
*Hymedesmia (Stylopus) stephensi*	Burton, 1930	taxonomically included in
*Hymedesmia (Stylopus) stylifera*	(Alander, 1942)	taxonomically included in
*Leptosia*	Topsent, 1892	synonym

Children

Hymedesmia (Stylopus) acerata (Topsent, 1904)
Hymedesmia (Stylopus) coriacea (Fristedt, 1885)
Hymedesmia (Stylopus) crami Goodwin & Picton, 2009
Hymedesmia (Stylopus) dermata Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Stylopus) hibernica Stephens, 1916
Hymedesmia (Stylopus) longurius Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Stylopus) obtusata (Topsent, 1904)
Hymedesmia (Stylopus) odhneri (Alander, 1942)
Hymedesmia (Stylopus) primitiva Lundbeck, 1910
Hymedesmia (Stylopus) stephensi Burton, 1930
Hymedesmia (Stylopus) stylifera (Alander, 1942)

Literature

original description	Fristedt, K. (1885). Bidrag till Kännedomen om de vid Sveriges vestra Kust lefvande Spongiae. Kungliga Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar. 21: 1-56, pls I-IV.
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 (Stylopus) Fristedt, 1885. 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:169279