Desmacella polysigmata van Soest, 1984
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Desmacella polysigmata van Soest, 1984
- Name authority
- van Soest, 1984
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Desmacellida
- Family
- Desmacellidae
- Genus
- Desmacella
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPorifera Grant, 1836
- classDemospongiae Sollas, 1885
- subclassHeteroscleromorpha Cárdenas, Pérez & Boury-Esnault, 2012
- orderDesmacellida Morrow & Cárdenas, 2015
- familyDesmacellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886
- genusDesmacella Schmidt, 1870
- speciesDesmacella polysigmata van Soest, 1984
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Desmacella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| 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 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 |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Van Soest, R. W. M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and Other Caribbean Islands, 66 (199): 1–167. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:34ZSJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.