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110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Desmacellidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Desmacella ambigua Bergquist & Fromont, 1988 | DesmacellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmacella democratica (Sollas, 1902) | DesmacellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmacella dendyi Laubenfels, 1936 | DesmacellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmacella inornata (Bowerbank, 1866) | DesmacellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmacella ithystela Hooper, 1984 | DesmacellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmacella koltuni Göcke & Janussen, 2013 | DesmacellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmacella microsigma (Lévi, 1964) | DesmacellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmacella polysigmata van Soest, 1984 | DesmacellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmacella pumilio Schmidt, 1870 | DesmacellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmacella tylovariabilis Cavalcanti, Santos & Pinheiro, 2015 | DesmacellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmacella vagabunda Schmidt, 1870 | DesmacellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dragmatella aberrans (Topsent, 1890) | DesmacellidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.