Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Poecilosclerida > Suborder Mycalina > Family Desmacellidae > Genus Biemna

Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Biemna*	Gray, 1867	accepted genus name
*Biemma*	Bowerbank, 1882	orthographic variant
*Biemma*	Bowerbank, 1882	synonym

Species group names

*Asychis variantia*	(Bowerbank, 1858)	basionym
*Desmacella groenlandica*	Fristedt, 1887	basionym
*Desmacella hamifera*	Lundbeck, 1902	basionym
*Desmacella peachii*	(Bowerbank, 1866)	basionym
*Desmacella peachii var. groenlandica*	Fristedt, 1887	basionym
*Desmacella variantia*	(Bowerbank, 1858)	basionym
*Halichondria variantia*	Bowerbank, 1858	basionym; alternate representation
*Hymeniacidon varians*	Bowerbank, 1882	basionym
*Hymeniacidon variantia*	(Bowerbank, 1858)	basionym
*Asychis variantia*	(Bowerbank, 1858)	synonym
*Biemna gemmulifera*	(Breitfuss, 1912)	synonym
*Biemna peachii*	(Bowerbank, 1866)	synonym
*Desmacella groenlandica*	Fristedt, 1887	synonym
*Desmacella hamifera*	Lundbeck, 1902	synonym
*Desmacella peachii*	(Bowerbank, 1866)	synonym
*Desmacella peachii var. groenlandica*	Fristedt, 1887	synonym
*Desmacella variantia*	(Bowerbank, 1858)	synonym
*Halichondria variantia*	Bowerbank, 1858	synonym; alternate representation
*Hymeniacidon varians*	Bowerbank, 1882	synonym
*Hymeniacidon variantia*	(Bowerbank, 1858)	synonym

Literature

original description	Bowerbank, J.S. 1858. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part I. On the Spicula. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 148(2): 279-332, pls XXII-XXVI.
basis of record	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. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
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: pp. 85-103
additional source	Maldonado, M. (1992). Demosponges of the red coral bottoms from the Alboran Sea. J. Nat. Hist. 26: 1131-1161
additional source	Burton, M. 1930c. Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II.
additional source	Pansini, M. 1987a. Littoral demosponges from the banks of the Strait of Sicily and the Alboran Sea. Pp. 149-185. In: Vacelet, J. & Boury-Esnault, N. (Eds), Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G 13. (Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg): 1-332.
additional source	Burton, M. 1931d. The Folden Fiord. Report on the sponges collected by Mr. Soot-Ryven in the Folden Fiord in the year 1923. Tromsø Museum Skrifter 1 (13): 1-8.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133205