Mycale (Mycale) laevis (Carter, 1882) 
AphiaID: 168638

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Mycale (Mycale) Gray, 1867
Synonymised taxa		Esperia laevis Carter, 1882 (genus transfer) Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882) (subgenus assignment) Oxymycale strongylata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Sources		original description: Carter, H.J. 1882a. Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 9(52): 266-301,346-368, pls XI-XII. [details] [full text] basis of record: 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] from synonym: Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1986. A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria 86: 65-216. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Hechtel, G.J. 1965. A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 20: 1-103. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Belize (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Bonaire (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Caribbean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Cayman Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Colombia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Costa Rica (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Cuba (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Curaçao (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Greater Antilles [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Hispaniola (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Jamaica (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Netherlands Antilles [details] Panama (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Puerto Rico [details] Southern Caribbean [details] Southwestern Caribbean [details] Venezuela (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Western Caribbean [details]
Specimens		Nontype: ZMA Por.04608, locality Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Awu Blancu) [details] Nontype: ZMA Por.04609, locality Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, 300 m SE of Hilton Hotel, between Madracis corals) [details] Nontype: ZMA Por.03331, locality Puerto Rico (Punta Guaniquilla, Cabo Rojo) [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To The Sponge Guide To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168638
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2007-07-22 11:06:32Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Mycale (Mycale) laevis (Carter, 1882). 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=168638 on 2013-05-19