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

Hemimycale columella (Bowerbank, 1874)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Desmacidon Bowerbank, 1861

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hemimycale*	Burton, 1934	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: roze kraterspons

English: crater sponge; honeycomb 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.

French: éponge à cratères

German: Kraterschwamm

Spanish, Castillian: esponja con crateres

Literature

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).
basis of record	Uriz, M.J.; Garate, L.; Agell, G. (2017). Molecular phylogenies confirm the presence of two cryptic Hemimycale species in the Mediterranean and reveal the polyphyly of the genera Crella and Hemimycale (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida). PeerJ. 5: e2958.
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).
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additional source	Vacelet, J.; Donadey, C.; Froget, C. (1987). The calcium carbonate spherules of Hemimycale columella (Demosponges, Poecilosclerida) and their taxonomic value.In: Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G, Ecological Sciences vol. 13. Springer, Heidelberg,. pp 259-274.
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additional source	Vacelet, J. (1976). Inventaire des Spongiaires du Parc national de Port-Cros (Var). Travaux scientifiques du Parc national de Port-Cros. 2, 167-186.
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additional source	Krikech, I.; Le Pennec, G.; Ezziyyani, M. (2020). Diversity and Distribution of Marine Sponges (Porifera) from the Western Coast of Morocco (South-West Mediterranean Sea). Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD'2019). Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020, pp. 252-261.
additional source	Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society. 1-175.
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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. Hemimycale columella (Bowerbank, 1874). 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:133543