Genus Biemna Gray, 1867
- Biemna Gray, J.E. 1867. Notes on the arrangement of sponges, with the description of some new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 492-558 pls 27-28 [538].
Type species:
Desmacidon peachi Bowerbank, 1866 by monotypy. - Allantophora Whitelegge, T. 1907. Sponges. Part I (Addenda). Part 2. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4: 487-515 pls 45-46 [505].
Type species:
Allantophora plicata Whitelegge, 1907 by monotypy. - Toxemna Hallmann, E.F. 1917. A revision of the genera with microscleres included, or provisionally included, in the family Axinellidae, with descriptions of some Australian species. Part 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 634-675 4 figs pls 29/3, 5-6, 33/6, 38/5 [673].
Type species:
Desmacella tubulata Dendy, 1905 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hallmann, E.F. 1916. A revision of the genera with microscleres included, or provisionally included, in the family Axinellidae, with descriptions of some Australian species. Part 2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 495-552 6 figs pls 29/4, 30-32, 33/1-5, [495, 503]
- Hooper, J.N.A., Capon, R.J. & Hodder, R.A. 1991. A new species of toxic marine sponge (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from northwest Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 8(1): 27-36 [30]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Mediterranean, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
- Bergquist, P.R. 1970. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 2 (Axinellida and Halichondrida). (Mem. N.Z. Oceanogr. Inst. 51). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 197: 1-85 20 pls 3 figs [24]
- Burton, M. 1930. Norwegian sponges from the Norman Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1930: 487-546 [518]
Diagnosis
Massive, cup-shaped or tubular sponges, with uneven surface. Plumose or plumoreticulate choanosomal skeleton, with variable development of spongin fibres cored by (subtylo-)styles of a single size, occasionally replaced by oxeote spicules; ectosomal skeleton made up of brushes of megascleres making the surface often shaggy; microscleres include sigmas, raphides, microxeas, commata, microstrongyles and spheres. Most species cause a dermatitislike reaction when in touch with bare skin. About 55 species occur in all oceans, in a large depth range.
ID Keys
See Family Desmacellidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
Hajdu, E. & van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Desmacellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. pp. 642-650 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera: A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 1. [642]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |