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Mycale (Grapelia) Gray, 1867 
AphiaID: 168612

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Mycalidae (Family) > Mycale (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subgenus
Typetaxon Grapelia australis Gray, 1867 (type by monotypy)
Parent Mycale Gray, 1867
Synonymised
taxa
  Grapelia Gray, 1867 (subgenus transfer)
Pseudoesperia Carter, 1886 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Gray, J.E. 1867a. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. 2002. Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

from synonym: Carter, H.J. 1886d. Supplement to the Descriptions of Mr.J. Bracebridge Wilson’s Australian Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 18: 271-290, 369-379, 445-466, pl. X. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. Pp. 1-620. In: Wells, A. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. (CSIRO: Melbourne)., available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist#selected [details] [view taxon]

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taxa

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 Species Mycale (Grapelia) ancorina (Whitelegge, 1906)
Species Mycale (Grapelia) australis (Gray, 1867)
Species Mycale (Grapelia) burtoni Hajdu, 1995
Species Mycale (Grapelia) menylloides Hajdu, 1995
Species Mycale (Grapelia) parasitica (Carter, 1885)
Species Mycale (Grapelia) trichophora (Dendy & Frederick, 1924)
Species Mycale (Grapelia) unguifera Hajdu, Zea, Kielman & Peixinho, 1995
Species Mycale (Grapelia) vaceleti Hajdu, 1995
Species Mycale (Grapelia) vansoesti Hajdu, 1995

Species Mycale (Grapelia) carteri (Dendy & Frederick, 1924) accepted as Mycale (Grapelia) parasitica (Carter, 1885)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168612
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-05-31 13:43:21Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Mycale (Grapelia) Gray, 1867. 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=168612 on 2013-05-22
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