North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Hymedesmia (Stylopus) acerata (Topsent, 1904)

AphiaID

240911 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240911)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Hymedesmia (Stylopus) Fristedt, 1885

Original name

Leptosia acerata Topsent, 1904

Synonymised names

Leptosia acerata Topsent, 1904 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Leptosia acerata 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): 193-194 [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. Hymedesmia (Stylopus) acerata (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/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240911 on 2026-08-09

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Hymedesmia (Stylopus) acerata (Topsent, 1904). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=240911 on 2026-08-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-06-04 09:45:53Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Leptosia acerata 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): 193-194 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leptosia acerata Topsent, 1904)
To PESI (from synonym Leptosia acerata Topsent, 1904)
To PESI