Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Tetractinellida > Suborder Astrophorina > Family Theonellidae

Discodermia du Bocage, 1869

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Discodermia polydiscus (Bowerbank, 1869)
Discodermia ramifera Topsent, 1892
Discodermia verrucosa Topsent, 1928

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: イシカイメン属

Literature

original description	Barboza du Bocage, J.V. (1870). Eponges siliceuses nouvelles du Portugal et de l'île Saint-Iago (Archipel de Cap-Vert). Jornal de Sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes. 2:159-162, pls X-XI.
basis of record	Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002). Family Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903. Pp. 327-337. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
basis of record	Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903. Pp. 327-337. In: Hooper, J. N.A.; Van Soest, R. W.M 2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Vol I. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers), NY,. 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.
additional source	Thomas, P.A. (1973). Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Sciences zoologiques. (203): 1-96, pls 1-8.

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. Discodermia du Bocage, 1869. 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:132089