TY  - JOUR
AB  - Based on collections assembled by Dutch expeditions to the Northwest African region, including the offshore islands in the neighbouring Atlantic, a taxonomic monograph of sponges of the genus <i>Mycale</i> is presented. Additional material from the region borrowed from the Zoologisk Museum of the University of Copenhagen and incidental samples made by individual collectors were also included. The combined collections contained sixteen species, nine of which are new to science: <i>Mycale (Aegogropila) syringosimilis</i> spec. nov., <i>Mycale (Aegogropila) tenerifensis</i> spec. nov., <i>Mycale (Arenochalina) africamucosa</i> spec. nov., <i>Mycale (Carmia) atropha</i> spec. nov., <i>Mycale (Carmia) guineensis</i> spec. nov., <i>Mycale (Naviculina) cruzi</i> spec. nov., <i>Mycale (Paresperella) janvermeuleni</i> spec. nov., <i>Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) verdensis</i> spec. nov. and <i>Mycale (Zygomycale) sierraleonensis</i> spec. nov. We briefly reviewed six <i>Mycale</i> species known from the region, but not represented in our material, making the faunal diversity twenty-two species. We present a key to all species of Northwest Africa and the neighbouring offshore Atlantic islands. The regional diversity of <i>Mycale</i> species is discussed in comparison to those of other regions.
A1  - Van Soest, R.W.M.
A1  - Beglinger, E.J.
A1  - de Voogd, N.J.
JO  - Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden
IS  - 4
SP  - 59
EP  - 109
C1  - 88 (4): 59-109
TI  - <i>Mycale</i> species (Porifera: Poecilosclerida) of Northwest Africa and the Macaronesian Islands
UR  - https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=195538
VL  - 88
PY  - 2014
Y2  - 2026-03-11
ER  -