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Mycale americana van Soest, 1984 
AphiaID: 192498

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Mycalidae (Family) > Mycale (Genus)
Status alternate representation (subgenus assignment)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Mycale (Aegogropila) americana van Soest, 1984
Rank Species
Parent Mycale Gray, 1867
Source  original description: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1984b. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 62 (191): 1-173. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Bonaire [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Curaçao [details]
Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Link To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192498
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-07-19 10:21:28Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Mycale americana van Soest, 1984. 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=192498 on 2013-05-19
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