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Mycale massa var. oceanica Topsent, 1924 
AphiaID: 234452

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Mycalidae (Family) > Mycale (Genus) > Mycale massa (Species)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (status change)
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Accepted name  Mycale (Mycale) oceanica (Topsent, 1924)
Rank Variety
Parent Mycale massa (Schmidt, 1862) represented as Mycale (Mycale) massa (Schmidt, 1862)
Sources  original description: Topsent, E. 1924a. Révision des Mycales de l’Europe occidentale. Annales de l’Institut océanographique 1(3): 77-118. [details]

additional source: 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]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1993a. Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 159: 205-219. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Cape Verde [details]
Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Atlantic [details]
West Africa [details]
West Mediterranean [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234452
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2006-11-17 13:14:19Z  created  Wambiji, Nina
2007-07-20 11:59:42Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Mycale massa var. oceanica Topsent, 1924. 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=234452 on 2013-05-19
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