WoRMS taxon details
Pachymatisma Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842
132007 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132007)
accepted
Genus
Halichondria johnstonia Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842 represented as Pachymatisma johnstonia (Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842) (type by monotypy)
- Species Pachymatisma areolata Bowerbank, 1872
- Species Pachymatisma bifida Burton, 1959
- Species Pachymatisma johnstonia (Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842)
- Species Pachymatisma monaena Lendenfeld, 1907
- Species Pachymatisma normani Sollas, 1888
- Species Pachymatisma cantabrica (Ferrer Hernández, 1912) accepted as Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, genus transfer)
- Species Pachymatisma contorta Bowerbank, 1873 accepted as Geodia contorta (Bowerbank, 1873) (genus transfer)
- Species Pachymatisma geodiformis van Soest & Stentoft, 1988 accepted as Erylus geodiformis (van Soest & Stentoft, 1988) (genus transfer)
- Species Pachymatisma inconspicua Bowerbank, 1873 accepted as Geodia inconspicua (Bowerbank, 1873) (genus transfer)
- Species Pachymatisma intermedia (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Geodia conchilega Schmidt, 1862 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Pachymatisma listeri Bowerbank, 1858 accepted as Erylus listeri (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer)
- Species Pachymatisma nodosa Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 accepted as Geodia nodosa (Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 244 [details]
page(s): 244 [details]
Etymology From the greek ‘pachy-’ meaning ‘thick’ or ‘dense’ and ‘-matisma’ meaning ‘dressed’ or ‘covered with...
Etymology From the greek ‘pachy-’ meaning ‘thick’ or ‘dense’ and ‘-matisma’ meaning ‘dressed’ or ‘covered with fur’. [details]
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. Pachymatisma Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132007 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
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Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 244 [details]
basis of record Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.; Tendal, O.S.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2007). Redescription and resurrection of <i>Pachymatisma normani</i> (Demospongiae: Geodiidae), with remarks on the genus <i>Pachymatisma</i>. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 87(06)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407058286
page(s): 1514 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 244 [details]
basis of record Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.; Tendal, O.S.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2007). Redescription and resurrection of <i>Pachymatisma normani</i> (Demospongiae: Geodiidae), with remarks on the genus <i>Pachymatisma</i>. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 87(06)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407058286
page(s): 1514 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085 [details]
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085 [details]
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Etymology From the greek ‘pachy-’ meaning ‘thick’ or ‘dense’ and ‘-matisma’ meaning ‘dressed’ or ‘covered with fur’. [details]
