Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Tetractinellida > Suborder Astrophorina > Family Geodiidae > Subfamily Erylinae > Genus Pachymatisma

Pachymatisma johnstonia (Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Halichondria Fleming, 1828

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pachymatisma*	Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: elephant ear sponge; elephant hide sponge sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Elefantenhaut-Schwamm

Literature

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basis of record	Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388.
basis of record	Uriz, M.J. (2002[2004]). Family Geodiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 134-140. 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 Publ., New York. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
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additional source	Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.; Tendal, O.S.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2007). Redescription and resurrection of Pachymatisma normani (Demospongiae: Geodiidae), with remarks on the genus Pachymatisma. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 87(06).
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additional source	Monteiro-Marques, V.; Andrade, F. (1981). Contribution à l'étude du bathyal rocheux des côtes ibériques. Arquivos do Museu Bocage. 1(8): 81-94.
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additional source	Schiavo, A.; Costantino, G.; Carbonara, P.; Trani, R.; Longo, C. (2024). Data on the distribution of the uncommon Mediterranean sponge Pachymatisma johnstonia (Porifera: Demospongiae). The European Zoological Journal. 91(2): 1160-1166.
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additional source	Ferrer Hernández, F. (1912). Notas sobre algunas esponjas de Santander. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural de Madrid. 12: 573-588.
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biology source	Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62(1): 174-190.

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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. Pachymatisma johnstonia (Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842). 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:134057