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Mycale (Paresperella) levii (Uriz, 1987) 
AphiaID: 168683

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Mycalidae (Family) > Mycale (Genus) > Mycale (Paresperella) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905
Synonymised
taxa		  Mycale atlantica (sensu Lévi, 1963) (nomen novum)
 Mycale levii (Uriz, 1987) (subgenus assignment)
 Paresperella atlantica sensu Lévi, 1963 (misidentification)
 Paresperella levii Uriz, 1987 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Uriz, M.J. 1987. Sponges from the South-West of Africa: description of species. Pp. 54-73. In: Jones,W.C. (Ed.), European Contributions to the Taxonomy of Sponges. (Sherkin Island Marine Station: Sherkin Island, County Cork): 1-140. [details] [full text]

from synonym: Lévi, C. 1963. Spongiaires d’Afrique du Sud. (1) Poecilosclérides.Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 37(1): 1-72, pls I-X. [details] [view taxon]

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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Namaqua [details]
Namib [details]
Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168683
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-10-14 18:05:59Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2006-10-29 18:47:08Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2007-07-19 10:21:28Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2009-04-19 11:11:00Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Mycale (Paresperella) levii (Uriz, 1987). 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=168683 on 2013-05-25
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