Desmanthus incrustans

Min Depth

12 meters

Max Depth

30 meters

Overall Geographic Range

Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean, South Atlantic, Bermuda, Jamaica

Habitat-Biology

hard substrate

References

Hooper, J. N. A., and R. W. M. van Soest, eds. 2002. Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.
Topsent, É. 1889. Quelques spongiaires du Banc de Campêche et de la Pointe-a-Pître. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 2: 30–52.
Topsent, É. 1894. Application de la taxonomie actuelle a une collection de spongiaires du Banc de Campêche et de la Guadeloupe décrite précédemment. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 7: 27–36.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-10-2024.

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