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Mycale (Mycale) oceanica (Topsent, 1924) 
AphiaID: 168651

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Mycalidae (Family) > Mycale (Genus) > Mycale (Mycale) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Mycale (Mycale) Gray, 1867
Synonymised
taxa
  Mycale massa var. oceanica Topsent, 1924 (status change)
Mycale oceanica Topsent, 1924 (subgenus assignment)
Sources  original description: Topsent, E. 1924a. Révision des Mycales de l’Europe occidentale. Annales de l’Institut océanographique 1(3): 77-118. [details]

additional source (from synonym): Uriz, M.J. 1988. Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope off Namibia (Southwest Africa): Classses Hexactinellida and Demospongia. Monografías de Zoología Marina 3: 9-157. [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Van Soest, R.W.M. 1993a. Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 159: 205-219. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Azores [details]
Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Cape Verde [details]
Namaqua [details]
Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Mediterranean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168651
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-07-20 11:59:42Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Mycale (Mycale) oceanica (Topsent, 1924). 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=168651 on 2013-06-20
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