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Hymenancora biscutella
(Topsent, 1904)
AphiaID
240479
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240479)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Heteroscleromorpha
Poecilosclerida
Myxillidae
Hymenancora
Hymenancora biscutella
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Hymenancora
Lundbeck, 1910
Original name
Leptosia biscutella
Topsent, 1904
Synonymised names
Leptosia biscutella
Topsent, 1904
·
unaccepted
(genus transfer)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Leptosia biscutella
Topsent, 1904
)
Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18.
,
available online at
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 191-192
[details]
Taxonomic 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.
Hymenancora biscutella
(Topsent, 1904). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240479 on 2026-08-07
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Hymenancora biscutella
(Topsent, 1904). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=240479 on 2026-08-07
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2007-05-21 08:09:12Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (0)
Attributes (5)
Links (3)
original description
(of
Leptosia biscutella
Topsent, 1904
)
Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18.
,
available online at
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 191-192
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
(from synonym
Leptosia biscutella
Topsent, 1904
)
To PESI
(from synonym
Leptosia biscutella
Topsent, 1904
)
To PESI