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Mycale (Paresperella) toxifera (Lévi, 1963) 
AphiaID: 168692

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 toxifera (Lévi, 1963) (subgenus assignment)
Paresperella toxifera Lévi, 1963 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: 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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Namaqua (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South African Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  This combination is preoccupied by Mycale (Carmia) toxifera (Dendy, 1896). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168692
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-10-29 18:47:08Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Mycale (Paresperella) toxifera (Lévi, 1963). 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=168692 on 2013-05-22
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