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Mycale (Mycale) laevis (Carter, 1882)

168638  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168638)

accepted
Species
Esperella fusca Ridley & Dendy, 1886 · unaccepted (genus transfer and synonymy)
Esperia laevis Carter, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Mycale (Mycale) fusca (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) · unaccepted (junior synonymy)
Mycale fusca (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) · alternative representation
Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Oxymycale strongylata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Esperia laevis Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 291-292 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Holotype  (of Esperia laevis Carter, 1882) BMNH...  
Holotype (of Esperia laevis Carter, 1882) BMNH 1939.3.24.23, geounit Southern Caribbean [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Mycale (Mycale) laevis (Carter, 1882). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=168638 on 2024-03-19
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original description  (of Esperella fusca Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 18: 325-351, 470-493.
page(s): 339 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Esperella fusca Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 72 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Esperia laevis Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 291-292 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Oxymycale strongylata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 133-135, fig 56-57 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286.
page(s): 136-138; fig 43 [details]   

additional source Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
page(s): 54 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 157 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 69 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 158; note: Identification as 'cf.'. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hajdu, E. (1995). Macroevolutionary Patterns Within the Demosponge Order Poecilosclerida. Phylogeny of the marine cosmopolitan genus <i>Mycale</i>, and an integrated approach to biogeography of the seas. <em>Ph.D.Thesis (University of Amsterdam).</em> 1-173. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hajdu, E.; Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R. (1994). A synopsis of South American <i>Mycale</i> (<i>Mycale</i>) (Poecilosclerida, Demospongiae),with description of three new species and a cladistic analysis of Mycalidae. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 101(3): 563-600.
page(s): 574 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 57 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

biology source Riesgo, A.; Taboada, S.; Sánchez-Vila, L.; Solà, J.; Bertran, A.; Avila, C. (2015). Some Like It Fat: Comparative Ultrastructure of the Embryo in Two Demosponges of the Genus <i>Mycale</i> (Order Poecilosclerida) from Antarctica and the Caribbean. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(3): e0118805., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118805
page(s): 8-10 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record  (of Esperia laevis Carter, 1882) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882)) Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 89 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882)) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 125; fig 47 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882)) Wintermann-Kilian, G.; Kilian, E.F. (1984). Marine Sponges of the Region of Santa Marta (Colombia). Part II. Homosclerophorida, Choristida, Spirophorida, Hadromerida, Axinellida, Halichondrida, Poecilosclerida. <em>Studies on the Neotropical Fauna and Environment.</em> 19(3): 121-135.
page(s): 132 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882)) Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 472 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882)) Alcolado, P.M. 1980. Esponjas de Cuba. Nuevos registros. Poeyana 197: 1-10.
page(s): 4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882)) Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 236 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 12 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882)) Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882)) Alcolado, P.M.; Busutil, L. (2012). Inventaire des spongiaires néritiques du Parc National de La Guadeloupe (Inventario de las esponjas neríticas del Parque Nacional de Guadalupe). <em>Serie Oceanológica.</em> 10, 62-76.
page(s): 70 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882)) Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 12 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source  (of Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882)) Lakwal, V.R.; Kharate, D.S.; Mokashe, S.S. (2018). Diversity and distribution of intertidal marine sponges from Ratnagiri coast of Arabian Sea, (M.S.) India. <em>Flora and Fauna.</em> 24 (1, Special Issue): 207-216.
page(s): 210; note: Misapplication: This is misidentified. The species occurs in the Central West Atlantic, not in India. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Mycale fusca (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)) Solé-Cava, A.M., Kelecom, A.; Kannengiesser, G.J. (1981). Study of sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the infralitoral of Guarapari, Espírito Santo, Brazil. <em>Iheringia, Série Zoologia.</em> 60: 125–150.
page(s): 132-133; note: Misapplication [details]  OpenAccess publication 

source of synonymy  (of Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882)) Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 46-47; pl VI fig 2 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype (of Esperia laevis Carter, 1882) BMNH 1939.3.24.23, geounit Southern Caribbean [details]
Nontype ZMA Por.03331, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Nontype ZMA Por.04608, geounit Southern Caribbean [details]
Nontype ZMA Por.04609, geounit Southern Caribbean [details]
From editor or global species database
Reproduction Viviparous. Embryo and parenchymella larvae described in Riesgo et al (2015) page 8-10 [details]


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