Hymeniacidon

Hymeniacidon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Ceractinomorpha
Order: Halichondrida
Family: Halichondriidae
Genus: Hymeniacidon

Hymeniacidon is a genus of sponges in the class Demospongiae. Some members of the genus are known to be mobile, achieving speeds of between 1 and 4 mm per day.[1]

Species

Species so far described in this genus include:[2]

  • Hymeniacidon actites (Ristau, 1978)
  • Hymeniacidon addreissiformis Dickinson, 1945
  • Hymeniacidon agminata Ridley, 1884
  • Hymeniacidon assimilis Levinsen, 1887
  • Hymeniacidon atlantica Burton, 1948
  • Hymeniacidon caerula Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
  • Hymeniacidon calcifera Row, 1911
  • Hymeniacidon calva (Ridley, 1881)
  • Hymeniacidon centrotyla Hentschel, 1914
  • Hymeniacidon chloris de Laubenfels, 1950
  • Hymeniacidon conica (Kirk, 1909)
  • Hymeniacidon consimilis Ferrer-Hernandez, 1914
  • Hymeniacidon corticata (Thiele, 1905)
  • Hymeniacidon cydonium (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Hymeniacidon digitata (Hansen, 1885)
  • Hymeniacidon dubia Burton, 1932
  • Hymeniacidon dystacta de Laubenfels, 1954
  • Hymeniacidon fallax Bowerbank, 1886
  • Hymeniacidon fasciculata (Fristedt, 1887)
  • Hymeniacidon fernandezi Thiele, 1905
  • Hymeniacidon flaccida Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
  • Hymeniacidon flavia Sim & Lee, 2003
  • Hymeniacidon fristedti (Topsent, 1913)
  • Hymeniacidon glabrata Burton, 1954
  • Hymeniacidon gorbunovi Rezvoj, 1932
  • Hymeniacidon halichondroides (Thiele, 1898)
  • Hymeniacidon haurakii Brondsted, 1924
  • Hymeniacidon heliophila Parker, 1910
  • Hymeniacidon iberica (Ferrer-Hernandez, 1914)
  • Hymeniacidon informis (Burton, 1913)
  • Hymeniacidon insutus Koltun, 1964
  • Hymeniacidon kerguelensis Hentschel, 1914
  • Hymeniacidon kitchingi (Burton, 1935)
  • Hymeniacidon longistylus Desqueyroux, 1972
  • Hymeniacidon luxurians (Lieberkuhn, 1859)
  • Hymeniacidon mixta (Sara, 1958)
  • Hymeniacidon ovalae Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
  • Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1818) crumb-of-bread sponge
  • Hymeniacidon petrosioides Dendy, 1905
  • Hymeniacidon plumigera Bowerbank, 1874
  • Hymeniacidon proteus (Ridley, 1884)
  • Hymeniacidon racemosa Brondsted, 1924
  • Hymeniacidon reptans (Cuartas, 1991)
  • Hymeniacidon rigida Dendy, 1897
  • Hymeniacidon rubiginosa Thiele, 1905
  • Hymeniacidon rugosa (Schmidt, 1868)
  • Hymeniacidon simplex (Bowerbank, 1866)
  • Hymeniacidon sinapium Laubenfels, 1930
  • Hymeniacidon sphaerodigitata Bergquist, 1970
  • Hymeniacidon stylifera (Stephens, 1915)
  • Hymeniacidon torquata Topsent, 1916
  • Hymeniacidon tuscara (Ristau, 1978)
  • Hymeniacidon ungodon de Laubenfels, 1932
  • Hymeniacidon variospiculata Dendy, 1922
  • Hymeniacidon vernonensis Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997
  • Hymeniacidon zosterae Row, 1911

References

  1. Ruppert, E.E., Fox, R.S. and Barnes, R.D. 2004. Invertebrate Zoology ISBN 0-03-025982-7
  2. http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 26 June 2009


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