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Mycale (Aegogropila) crassissima (Dendy, 1905) 
AphiaID: 168527

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Mycalidae (Family) > Mycale (Genus) > Mycale (Aegogropila) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867
Synonymised
taxa
  Esperella crassissima Dendy, 1905 (genus transfer)
Mycale crassissima (Dendy, 1905) (subgenus assignment)
Sources  original description: Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3(Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). [details] [full text]

additional source: Thomas, P.A. 1973a. Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annales du Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale. Série in 8vo. Sciences zoologiques (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS[details] [full text]

additional source: Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1993. A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 89: 247-350. [details]

from synonym: Lévi, C. 1961c. Éponges intercotidales de Nha Trang (Vietnam). Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale 100: 127-148. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Bamburi [details]
East African Coral Coast [details]
Mombasa [details]
Ras Fumba [details]
Ras Iwetine [details]
Seychelles [details]
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Shimoni [details]
South India and Sri Lanka [details]
Southern Vietnam (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Sri Lanka (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Vietnamese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Zanzibar [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168527
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-11-14 08:07:42Z  changed  Samaai, Toufiek
2007-07-19 10:21:28Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Mycale (Aegogropila) crassissima (Dendy, 1905). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168527 on 2013-05-19
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