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Mycale (Oxymycale) paradoxa (de Laubenfels, 1935) 
AphiaID: 168674

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Mycalidae (Family) > Mycale (Genus) > Mycale (Oxymycale) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Mycale (Oxymycale) Hentschel, 1929
Synonymised
taxa
  Mycale paradoxa (de Laubenfels, 1935) (subgenus assignment)
Oxymycale paradoxa de Laubenfels, 1935 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1935b. Some Sponges of Lower California (Mexico). American Museum Novitates 779: 1-14. [details] [full text]

from synonym: Hajdu, E. 1994. A phylogenetic interpretation of hamacanthids (Demospongiae, Porifera), with the redescription of Hamacantha popana. Journal of Zoology 232(1): 61-77. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution type locality: Northern California [details]
California (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Southern California Bight (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym): AMNH 251, locality Southern California Bight (United States, California, W of San Nicolas Island, Albatross stat. D5693) [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  According to Hajdu (1994), this species is a mixture of Myrmekioderma sp. and Mycale bellabellensis. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168674
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-07-21 14:00:07Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Mycale (Oxymycale) paradoxa (de Laubenfels, 1935). 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=168674 on 2013-05-21
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