Biemna
Encyclopedia
Biemna is a genus
of marine demosponge
in the family
Desmacellidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of marine demosponge
Demosponge
The Demospongiae are the largest class in the phylum Porifera. Their "skeletons" are made of spicules consisting of fibers of the protein spongin, the mineral silica, or both. Where spicules of silica are present, they have a different shape from those in the otherwise similar glass sponges...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Desmacellidae
Desmacellidae
Desmacellidae is a family of marine demosponges.-Genera:Genera in the family include:* Biemna Gray, 1867* Desmacella Schmidt, 1870* Dragmatella Hallmann, 1917* Microtylostylifer Dendy, 1924* Neofibularia Hechtel, 1965...
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Species
Species in the genus include:- Biemna anisotoxa Lévi, 1963
- Biemna bihamigera (Dendy, 1922)
- Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
- Biemna chilensis Thiele, 1905
- Biemna chujaensis Sim & Shim, 2006
- Biemna ciocalyptoides (Dendy, 1897)
- Biemna cribaria (Alcolado & Gotera, 1986)
- Biemna dautzenbergi Topsent, 1890
- Biemna ehrenbergi (Keller, 1889)
- Biemna fistulosa (Topsent, 1897)
- Biemna flabellata Bergquist, 1970
- Biemna fortis (Topsent, 1897)
- Biemna fragilis (Kieschnick, 1900)
- Biemna gellioides Lévi & Lévi, 1989
- Biemna granulosigmata Lévi, 1993
- Biemna hongdoensis Jeon & Sim, 2008
- Biemna humilis Thiele, 1903
- Biemna jeolmyongensis Sim & Shim, 2006
- Biemna laboutei Hooper, 1996
- Biemna liposigma Burton, 1928
- Biemna liposphaera (Hentschel, 1912)
- Biemna macrorhaphis Hentschel, 1914
- Biemna megalosigma Hentschel, 1912
- Biemna megastyla (Burton, 1959)
- Biemna microacanthosigma Mothes, Hajdu, Lerner & van Soest, 2004
- Biemna microstrongyla (Hentschel, 1912)
- Biemna microstyla de Laubenfels, 1950
- Biemna microxa Hentschel, 1911
- Biemna mnioeis de Laubenfels, 1954
- Biemna novaezealandiae Dendy, 1924
- Biemna omanensis van Soest & Beglinger, 2002
- Biemna parthenopea Pulitzer-Finali, 1978
- Biemna pedonculata Lévi, 1963
- Biemna peracuta Topsent, 1927
- Biemna philippensis Dendy, 1896
- Biemna plicata (Whitelegge, 1907)
- Biemna polyphylla Lévi, 1963
- Biemna rhabderemioides Bergquist, 1961
- Biemna rhabdostyla Uriz, 1988
- Biemna rhadia de Laubenfels, 1930
- Biemna rufescens Bergquist & Fromont, 1988
- Biemna saucia Hooper, Capon & Hodder, 1991
- Biemna seychellensis Thomas, 1973
- Biemna spinomicroxea Mothes, Campos, Lerner, Carraro & van Soest, 2005
- Biemna strongylota Rios & Cristobo, 2006
- Biemna tenuisigma Pulitzer-Finali, 1978
- Biemna tetraphis Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
- Biemna thielei Burton, 1930
- Biemna trirhaphis (Topsent, 1897)
- Biemna trisigmata Mothes & Campos, 2004
- Biemna truncata Hentschel, 1912
- Biemna tubulata (Dendy, 1905)
- Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)
- Biemna victoriana Hallmann, 1916