WoRMS taxon details
Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
168252 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168252)
accepted
Species
Toxemma tubulata (sensu de Laubenfels, 1936) · unaccepted (genus transfer and misapplication)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 135-136; fig 58 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 135-136; fig 58 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype MSNG 47699, geounit Greater Antilles
Holotype MSNG 47699, geounit Greater Antilles [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. Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168252 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 135-136; fig 58 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Toxemma tubulata (sensu de Laubenfels, 1936)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 124-125 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 135-136; fig 58 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Toxemma tubulata (sensu de Laubenfels, 1936)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
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additional source
Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 89-90 [details]
additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 472 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 235 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Alcolado, PM. (2007). Comunidades de esponjas de manglares de Cuba in: Ecosistemas de manglar en el archipélago cubano, (eds Carrera, LM; Guzman JM). <em>Academia de Cuba, La Habana.</em> pp 243-253.
page(s): 250 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 11 [details]
additional source Cavalcanti, T.; Santos Neto, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2018). New records of <i>Biemna</i> Gray, 1867 (Biemnidae: Biemnida: Demospongiae) and a replacement name for the species <i>Biemna microstyla</i> Thomas, 1984. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4433 (2): 393-396., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4433.2.12
page(s): 393 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bettcher, L.; Fernandez, J.C.; Gastaldi, M.; Bispo, A.; Leal, C.V.; Leite, D.; Avelino-Alves, D.; Clerier, P.H.; Rezende, D.; Gulart, C.M.; Pinheiro, U.; Hajdu, E. (2023). Checklist, diversity descriptors and selected descriptions of a highly diverse intertidal sponge (Porifera) assemblage at Costa do Descobrimento (Bahia, Brazil). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5277(3): 443-489., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.2
page(s): 448 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 89-90 [details]
additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 472 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 235 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Alcolado, PM. (2007). Comunidades de esponjas de manglares de Cuba in: Ecosistemas de manglar en el archipélago cubano, (eds Carrera, LM; Guzman JM). <em>Academia de Cuba, La Habana.</em> pp 243-253.
page(s): 250 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 11 [details]
additional source Cavalcanti, T.; Santos Neto, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2018). New records of <i>Biemna</i> Gray, 1867 (Biemnidae: Biemnida: Demospongiae) and a replacement name for the species <i>Biemna microstyla</i> Thomas, 1984. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4433 (2): 393-396., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4433.2.12
page(s): 393 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bettcher, L.; Fernandez, J.C.; Gastaldi, M.; Bispo, A.; Leal, C.V.; Leite, D.; Avelino-Alves, D.; Clerier, P.H.; Rezende, D.; Gulart, C.M.; Pinheiro, U.; Hajdu, E. (2023). Checklist, diversity descriptors and selected descriptions of a highly diverse intertidal sponge (Porifera) assemblage at Costa do Descobrimento (Bahia, Brazil). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5277(3): 443-489., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.2
page(s): 448 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MSNG 47699, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Identification This species was erroneously associated with the Indian Ocean species Biemna tubulata by several authors (Van Soest, 1984; Zea, 1987). [details]
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Biemna caribea)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (4 records) (from synonym Toxemma tubulata (sensu de Laubenfels, 1936))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (6 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Biemna caribea)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (4 records) (from synonym Toxemma tubulata (sensu de Laubenfels, 1936))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (6 records)
