Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905 
AphiaID: 132138

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Mycalidae (Family) > Mycale (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Subgenus
Typetaxon		Esperia serratohamata Carter, 1880 (type by original designation)
Parent		Mycale Gray, 1867
Synonymised taxa		Paresperella Dendy, 1905 (subgenus assignment) Sceptrospongia Dendy, 1926 (junior synonym)
Sources		original description: Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3(Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). [details] [full text] basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. 2002. Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] [full text] additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Dendy, A. 1926. On the Origin, Growth and arrangement of Spongespicules:A study in Symbiosis. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science (New series) 70(277): 1-74, pls 1-3. [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Mycale (Paresperella) atlantica (Stephens, 1917) Species Mycale (Paresperella) bidentata (Dendy, 1905) Species Mycale (Paresperella) curvisigma Lévi, 1969 Species Mycale (Paresperella) dentata Sarà, 1958 Species Mycale (Paresperella) dichela (Hentschel, 1911) Species Mycale (Paresperella) levii (Uriz, 1987) Species Mycale (Paresperella) macrosigma (Lindgren, 1897) Species Mycale (Paresperella) microsigma (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) Species Mycale (Paresperella) moluccensis (Thiele, 1903) Species Mycale (Paresperella) penicillium (Lendenfeld, 1888) Species Mycale (Paresperella) psila (de Laubenfels, 1930) Species Mycale (Paresperella) repens (Whitelegge, 1907) Species Mycale (Paresperella) serratohamata (Carter, 1880) Species Mycale (Paresperella) serrulata Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 Species Mycale (Paresperella) spinosigma (Boury-Esnault, 1973) Species Mycale (Paresperella) toxifera (Lévi, 1963) Species Mycale (Paresperella) undulata Tanita, 1968 Species Mycale (Paresperella) vitellina van Soest, 2009
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Link		To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132138
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2007-07-06 09:34:03Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905. 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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132138 on 2013-05-23