MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Biemna Gray, 1867

ERMS taxon details

Biemna Gray, 1867

AphiaID

131897 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131897)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Halichondria variantia Bowerbank, 1858 represented as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858) (type by original designation)

Parent

Biemnidae Hentschel, 1923

Original name

Biemna Gray, 1867

Synonymised names

Biemma Bowerbank, 1882 · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Biemna dautzenbergi Topsent, 1890
Species Biemna partenopea Pulitzer-Finali, 1978
Species Biemna peracuta Topsent, 1927
Species Biemna tenuisigma Pulitzer-Finali, 1978
Species Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Biemna gemmulifera (Breitfuss, 1912) accepted as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
Species Biemna grimaldii Topsent, 1890 accepted as Desmacella grimaldii (Topsent, 1890) (genus transfer)
Species Biemna peachii (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
Species Biemna rosea (Fristedt, 1887) accepted as Desmacella infundibuliformis (Vosmaer, 1885) (junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 538 [details]

(of Biemma Bowerbank, 1882) Bowerbank, J.S.; Norman, A.M. (1882). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 4 (Supplement). (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-250, pls I-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1908675 [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. Biemna Gray, 1867. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131897 on 2026-04-30

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Biemna Gray, 1867. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131897 on 2026-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2007-06-11 17:39:51Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2015-04-22 06:11:52Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2020-12-16 10:32:25Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 538 [details]

original description (of Biemma Bowerbank, 1882) Bowerbank, J.S.; Norman, A.M. (1882). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 4 (Supplement). (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-250, pls I-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1908675 [details]

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. (2002). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_69 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Hajdu, E.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Desmacellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. pp. 642-650. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (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. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

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: 85-103. (look up in RoR) [details]

redescription 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 II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 41 (163): 495-552, pls XXIX, fig. 4;XXX-XXXII; XXXII, figs 1-5; XXXIV-XXXVII; XXXVI., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.15323
page(s): 495-501 [details]