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Mycale (Grapelia) ancorina (Whitelegge, 1906) 
AphiaID: 178850

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Mycalidae (Family) > Mycale (Genus) > Mycale (Grapelia) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Mycale (Grapelia) Gray, 1867
Synonymised
taxa		  Esperella ancorina Whitelegge, 1906 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Whitelegge, T. 1906. Sponges. Part 1. Monaxonida, Ridley and Dendy. Pp. 453-484, pls XLIII-XLIV. In: Scientific Results of the TrawlingExpedition of H.M.C.S. ‘Thetis’ off the Coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. Memoirs of the Australian Museum, 4(9). [details] [full text]

basis of record: Hajdu, E. 1995. Macroevolutionary Patterns Within the Demosponge Order Poecilosclerida. Phylogeny of the marine cosmopolitan genus Mycale, and an integrated approach to biogeography of the seas. Ph.D.Thesis (University of Amsterdam): 1-173. [details]

basis of record (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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Manning-Hawkesbury [details]
New South Wales [details]
Specimens  Holotype (from synonym): NMV G4319, locality New South Wales (Off Botany Bay, 37-45 m.) [view taxon]
Lectotype (from synonym): AM Z1440, locality New South Wales [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178850
Taxonomic
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2005-08-05 10:55:27Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Mycale (Grapelia) ancorina (Whitelegge, 1906). 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=178850 on 2013-06-20
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