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Taxon: Genus Desmacidon Bowerbank, 1861 (sponge)
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Authorship

Original name, rank & spelling (Bowerbank), 1861. In R. McAndrew, Rep. Brit. Ass. 30, 1860: 235 ("Bowerbank").
Description/Diagnosis in English Bowerbank, J.S. 1862. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 152: 1116.

Etymology

Greek (subst. fem.) ἀκίς [akís] (gen.: ἀκίδος (sing.); ἀκίδων (pl.)), point. Ref: F. Wiedenmayer, 1977: 79 (footnote 4).

Gender

Feminine Ref: F. Wiedenmayer, 1977. Experientia Supplementum 28: 79 (footnote 4) ("in accordance with Bowerbank's indication (1861)").

Types

Type ofDesmacididae (Family) Schmidt, 1870 Ref: F. Wiedenmayer, 1977: 79 (footnote 4). [new]
Type ofDesmacidontidae (Family) de Laubenfels, 1955 Ref: R.M. Finks et al., 2004: table 1 (p. 793). [inferred]
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