Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Bubarida

Desmanthidae Topsent, 1893

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Desmanthus Topsent, 1893
Petromica Topsent, 1898
Sulcastrella Schmidt, 1879

Literature

original description	Topsent, E. (1893). Nouvelle série de diagnoses d'éponges de Roscoff et de Banyuls. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale. 3) 1 (Notes et Revue 10): xxxiii-xliii.
basis of record	Morrow, C.; Cárdenas, P. (2015). Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). Frontiers in Zoology. 12: 7.
basis of record	Topsent, E. (1894). Étude monographique des Spongiaires de France. I.Tetractinellida. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale. (3) 2:259-400, pls XI-XVI.
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.
taxonomy source	Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Desmanthidae Topsent, 1893. Pp. 356-362. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers) NY. 1708+xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
taxonomy source	Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002). Family Desmanthidae Topsent, 1893. Pp. 356-362. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed 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. Desmanthidae Topsent, 1893. 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:131680