Hymedesmia
Hymedesmia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Hymedesmiidae. The genus is divided into two subgenera, Hymedesmia for species with microscleres, usually chelae, and Hymedesmia for species lacking microscleres and having only acanthostyles and smooth spicules which are described as tylotes, tornotes or oxea, but are clearly homologous. This distinction is probably artificial and the genus is in need of revision.
The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Hymedesmia:; Subgenus Hymedesmia
- Hymedesmia agariciicola
- Hymedesmia anatoliensis
- Hymedesmia anisostrongyloxea
- Hymedesmia antarctica
- Hymedesmia anvilensis
- Hymedesmia armigera
- Hymedesmia atlantica
- Hymedesmia aurantiaca
- Hymedesmia baculifera
- Hymedesmia barnesi
- Hymedesmia basiclavata
- Hymedesmia basispinosa
- Hymedesmia bocki
- Hymedesmia bonairensis
- Hymedesmia bowerbanki
- Hymedesmia brachyrhabda
- Hymedesmia bractea
- Hymedesmia canadensis
- Hymedesmia caribica
- Hymedesmia castanea
- Hymedesmia chlorosa
- Hymedesmia clavigera
- Hymedesmia cohesibacilla
- Hymedesmia consanguinea
- Hymedesmia cordichela
- Hymedesmia costata
- Hymedesmia cratera
- Hymedesmia crelloides
- Hymedesmia croftsae
- Hymedesmia crux
- Hymedesmia cultrisigma
- Hymedesmia curacaoensis
- Hymedesmia curvichela
- Hymedesmia decepta
- Hymedesmia depressa
- Hymedesmia dichela
- Hymedesmia digitata
- Hymedesmia donsi
- Hymedesmia dubia
- Hymedesmia ebria
- Hymedesmia filans
- Hymedesmia filifera
- Hymedesmia flaccida
- Hymedesmia gaussiana
- Hymedesmia gibbosa
- Hymedesmia gisleni
- Hymedesmia gracilisigma
- Hymedesmia grandis
- Hymedesmia gregalis
- Hymedesmia gunhildae
- Hymedesmia gustafsoni
- Hymedesmia hallmanni
- Hymedesmia helgae
- Hymedesmia humboldti
- Hymedesmia inflata
- Hymedesmia irregularis
- Hymedesmia jamaicensis
- Hymedesmia jeanvaceleti
- Hymedesmia jecusculum
- Hymedesmia jugalis
- Hymedesmia koehleri
- Hymedesmia lacera
- Hymedesmia laevistylus
- Hymedesmia lamina
- Hymedesmia lancifera
- Hymedesmia laptikhovskyi
- Hymedesmia latrunculioides
- Hymedesmia lenta
- Hymedesmia leptochela
- Hymedesmia levis
- Hymedesmia lindstroemae
- Hymedesmia lobichela
- Hymedesmia longistylus
- Hymedesmia lundbecki
- Hymedesmia macrosigma
- Hymedesmia mamillaris
- Hymedesmia mannarensis
- Hymedesmia manubriata
- Hymedesmia mariondufresni
- Hymedesmia matthesi
- Hymedesmia mertoni
- Hymedesmia microchela
- Hymedesmia microstrongyla
- Hymedesmia minuta
- Hymedesmia mollis
- Hymedesmia mucronata
- Hymedesmia murrayi
- Hymedesmia mutabilis
- Hymedesmia noramaloneae
- Hymedesmia norvegica
- Hymedesmia nummota
- Hymedesmia nummulus
- Hymedesmia occulta
- Hymedesmia omissa
- Hymedesmia orientalis
- Hymedesmia oxneri
- Hymedesmia pachychela
- Hymedesmia palmatichela
- Hymedesmia palmatichelifera
- Hymedesmia pansa
- Hymedesmia parva
- Hymedesmia paupertas
- Hymedesmia peachii
- Hymedesmia pennata
- Hymedesmia perforata
- Hymedesmia peruana
- Hymedesmia pilata
- Hymedesmia planca
- Hymedesmia planisigma
- Hymedesmia platychela
- Hymedesmia plicata
- Hymedesmia poicilacantha
- Hymedesmia procumbens
- Hymedesmia promina
- Hymedesmia prostrata
- Hymedesmia proxima
- Hymedesmia pugio
- Hymedesmia quadridentata
- Hymedesmia rathlinia
- Hymedesmia rhaphigena
- Hymedesmia rissoi
- Hymedesmia rowi
- Hymedesmia rugosa
- Hymedesmia saccea
- Hymedesmia santarositae
- Hymedesmia senegalensis
- Hymedesmia serrulata
- Hymedesmia similis
- Hymedesmia simillima
- Hymedesmia spinata
- Hymedesmia spiniarcuata
- Hymedesmia spinosa
- Hymedesmia splenium
- Hymedesmia stellifera
- Hymedesmia stoneae
- Hymedesmia storea
- Hymedesmia stylata
- Hymedesmia stylophora
- Hymedesmia tendali
- Hymedesmia tenuisigma
- Hymedesmia tenuissima
- Hymedesmia thielei
- Hymedesmia trichoma
- Hymedesmia truncata
- Hymedesmia uchinourensis
- Hymedesmia umbelliformis
- Hymedesmia unguifera
- Hymedesmia vaceleti
- Hymedesmia valentinae
- Hymedesmia velata
- Hymedesmia veneta
- Hymedesmia verrucosa
- Hymedesmia versicolor
- Hymedesmia vicaria
- Hymedesmia vomerula
- Hymedesmia williami
- Hymedesmia xavierae
- Hymedesmia zetlandica
- Hymedesmia stepanovii
- Hymedesmia acerata
- Hymedesmia aequata
- Hymedesmia alcoladoi
- Hymedesmia arndti
- Hymedesmia australiensis
- Hymedesmia australis
- Hymedesmia coriacea
- Hymedesmia crami
- Hymedesmia dendyi
- Hymedesmia dermata
- Hymedesmia ernsthentscheli
- Hymedesmia fristedti
- Hymedesmia hentscheli
- Hymedesmia hibernica
- Hymedesmia indivisa
- Hymedesmia lissostyla
- Hymedesmia longurius
- Hymedesmia methanophila
- Hymedesmia mucronella
- Hymedesmia nigrescens
- Hymedesmia obtusata
- Hymedesmia oculifera
- Hymedesmia odhneri
- Hymedesmia parvispicula
- Hymedesmia perlucida
- Hymedesmia pharos
- Hymedesmia primitiva
- Hymedesmia pulposus
- Hymedesmia stephensi
- Hymedesmia stylifera
- Hymedesmia tornotata
- Hymedesmia ramentum