WoRMS name details
Oxymycale stecarmia de Laubenfels, 1954
244419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244419)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1954). The Sponges of the West-Central Pacific. <em>Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology.</em> 7: i-x, 1-306,pls I-XII.
page(s): 93-94 [details]
page(s): 93-94 [details]
Holotype USNM 22890, geounit East Caroline Islands
Holotype USNM 22890, geounit East Caroline Islands [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. Oxymycale stecarmia de Laubenfels, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244419 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
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Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1954). The Sponges of the West-Central Pacific. <em>Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology.</em> 7: i-x, 1-306,pls I-XII.
page(s): 93-94 [details]
new combination reference Van Soest, R.W.M.; Aryasari, R.; De Voogd, N.J. (2021). <em>Mycale</em> species of the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4912(1): 1-212., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4912.1.1
page(s): 165 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 93-94 [details]
new combination reference Van Soest, R.W.M.; Aryasari, R.; De Voogd, N.J. (2021). <em>Mycale</em> species of the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4912(1): 1-212., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4912.1.1
page(s): 165 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 22890, geounit East Caroline Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Identification Oxymycale stecarmia (type USNM 22890) from SW Ponapé (approx. 6.94°N 158.28°E) is a semi-encrusting sponge specimen of 2 x 4 x 1 cm, of which the skeleton is a haplosclerid reticulation of mucronate oxeas 150–185 x 4 μm in size. The skeleton is largely unispicular, but there are primary tracts of up to 3 spicules in diameter, with little binding spongin, without microscleres. Overall it is Haliclona-like, but on the surface there are small clumps of Mycale spicules, including ‘normal’ anisochelae of 47–51 μm, two size classes of cleistochelae 16–23 μm and 12–15 μm, sigmas of 22–30 μm, and a few toxodragmas of 50–52 μm. We conclude that this ‘species’ is predominantly a Haliclona spec. with just some contamination from a nearby growing Mycale (Naviculina) aff. cleistochela. [details]
