Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Desmacellida > Family Desmacellidae > Genus Desmacella

Desmacella grimaldii (Topsent, 1890)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Biemna Gray, 1867

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmacella*	Schmidt, 1870	accepted genus name
*Desmacodes*	Schmidt, 1870	synonym
*Tylodesma*	Thiele, 1903	synonym

Species group names

*Biemma grimaldii*	Topsent, 1890	orthographic variant
*Desmacella grimaldi*		orthographic variant

Literature

additional source	Cruz, T. (2002). Esponjas marinas de Canarias. Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias. S/C Tenerife. 260 pp.

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. Desmacella grimaldii (Topsent, 1890). 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:168302