Mycale (Zygomycale) angulosa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
AphiaID: 168698

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Mycale (Zygomycale) Topsent, 1931
Synonymised taxa		Mycale (Aegogropila) angulosa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (subgenus transfer) Mycale (Carmia) angulosa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (subgenus transfer) Mycale angulosa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (subgenus assignment) Pandaros angulosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. 1864. Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV. [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] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Burton, M. 1956. The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen) 4: 111-147. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lévi, C. 1959a. Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso’. Campagne de la ‘Calypso’ dans le Golfe de Guinée et aux îles Principe, São Tomé et Annobon. 5. Spongiaires. Annales de l’Institut océanographique 37 (4): 115-141, pls 5-6. [details] [view taxon] 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] Brazil [details] British Virgin Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Caribbean Sea [details] Costa Rica (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Cuba [details] [view taxon] Curaçao (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Eastern Caribbean [details] Greater Antilles [details] Jamaica [details] Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Netherlands Antilles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Northern Gulf of Mexico [details] Southern Caribbean [details] Venezuela (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Virgin Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Western Caribbean [details]
Specimens		Holotype (from synonym): Torino Museum POR.54, locality British Virgin Islands (St. Thomas) [view taxon] Nontype (from synonym): ZMA Por.01596, locality Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Spaanse Water) [view taxon] Nontype (from synonym): ZMA Por.03490, locality Netherlands Antilles (off entrance Piscadera Baai, dredged) [view taxon] Nontype (from synonym): ZMA Por.03548, locality Netherlands Antilles (Schottegat, Baai van de Hoop, mangroves) [view taxon] Nontype (from synonym): ZMA Por.03694, locality Venezuela (Margarita, Puente de la Restinga, on rocks near mangroves) [view taxon]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168698
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2007-07-10 19:18:31Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Mycale (Zygomycale) angulosa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). 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=168698 on 2013-05-20