WoRMS taxon details
Mycale (Arenochalina) imperfecta Baer, 1906
1478456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1478456)
accepted
Species
Mycale (Arenochalina) setosa sensu Van Soest, 1984 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale (Arenochalina) trincomaliensis Rao, 1941 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale (Arenochalina) tylostrongyla Pulitzer-Finali, 1982 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale (Mycale) monanchorata Burton & Rao, 1932 · unaccepted (subgenus transfer and junior synonym)
Mycale fistulata Hentschel, 1911 · unaccepted (subgenus assignment & junior synonym)
Mycale fistulata var. macrochela Hentschel, 1911 · unaccepted (subgenus assignment & junior synonym)
Mycale imperfecta Baer, 1906 · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Mycale monanchorata Burton & Rao, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym and subgenus assignment)
Mycale setosa sensu Van Soest, 1984 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale trincomalensis Rao, 1941 · unaccepted (junior synonym and subgenus assignment)
Mycale tylostrongyla Pulitzer-Finali, 1982 · unaccepted (junior synonym and subgenus assignment)
Mycalecarmia monanchorata (Burton & Rao, 1932) · unaccepted (subgenus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Mycale imperfecta Baer, 1906) Baer, L. (1906). Silicispongien von Sansibar, Kapstadt and Papeete. (Inaugural Dissertation: Berlin). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 72 (1,1): 1-32, pls I-V.
page(s): 20 [details]
page(s): 20 [details]
Type locality contained in East African Coral Coast
type locality contained in East African Coral Coast [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. (2026). World Porifera Database. Mycale (Arenochalina) imperfecta Baer, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1478456 on 2026-01-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mycale imperfecta Baer, 1906) Baer, L. (1906). Silicispongien von Sansibar, Kapstadt and Papeete. (Inaugural Dissertation: Berlin). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 72 (1,1): 1-32, pls I-V.
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Mycale (Arenochalina) trincomaliensis Rao, 1941) Rao, H.S. 1941. Indian and Ceylon sponges of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm collected by K. Fristedt. Records of the Indian Museum 43: 417-469. [details]
original description (of Mycale (Arenochalina) tylostrongyla Pulitzer-Finali, 1982) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1982 [1980-1981]). Some new or little-known sponges from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 48-49: 87-141. [details]
original description (of Mycale (Arenochalina) setosa sensu Van Soest, 1984) 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.
page(s): 30; note: This record concerns Mycale (Arenochalina) imperfecta Baer, 1906, NOT Gelliodes setosa Keller, 1889. [details]
original description (of Mycale fistulata Hentschel, 1911) Hentschel, E. (1911). Tetraxonida. 2. Teil. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <i>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. (Fischer: Jena)</i>. 3 (10): 279-393. [details]
original description (of Mycale monanchorata Burton & Rao, 1932) Burton, M.; Rao, H.S. (1932). Report on the shallow water marine sponges in the collection of the Indian Museum. Part I. <em>Records of the indian Museum.</em> 34(3): 299-356. [details]
original description (of Mycale trincomalensis Rao, 1941) Rao, H.S. 1941. Indian and Ceylon sponges of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm collected by K. Fristedt. Records of the Indian Museum 43: 417-469. [details]
original description (of Mycale tylostrongyla Pulitzer-Finali, 1982) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1982 [1980-1981]). Some new or little-known sponges from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 48-49: 87-141.
page(s): 102 [details]
original description (of Mycale fistulata var. macrochela Hentschel, 1911) Hentschel, E. (1911). Tetraxonida. 2. Teil. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <i>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. (Fischer: Jena)</i>. 3 (10): 279-393. [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Aryasari, R.; De Voogd, N.J. (2021). <em>Mycale</em> species of the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4912(1): 1-212., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4912.1.1
page(s): 37-42 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Mycale (Arenochalina) trincomaliensis Rao, 1941) Rao, H.S. 1941. Indian and Ceylon sponges of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm collected by K. Fristedt. Records of the Indian Museum 43: 417-469. [details]
original description (of Mycale (Arenochalina) tylostrongyla Pulitzer-Finali, 1982) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1982 [1980-1981]). Some new or little-known sponges from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 48-49: 87-141. [details]
original description (of Mycale (Arenochalina) setosa sensu Van Soest, 1984) 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.
page(s): 30; note: This record concerns Mycale (Arenochalina) imperfecta Baer, 1906, NOT Gelliodes setosa Keller, 1889. [details]
original description (of Mycale fistulata Hentschel, 1911) Hentschel, E. (1911). Tetraxonida. 2. Teil. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <i>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. (Fischer: Jena)</i>. 3 (10): 279-393. [details]
original description (of Mycale monanchorata Burton & Rao, 1932) Burton, M.; Rao, H.S. (1932). Report on the shallow water marine sponges in the collection of the Indian Museum. Part I. <em>Records of the indian Museum.</em> 34(3): 299-356. [details]
original description (of Mycale trincomalensis Rao, 1941) Rao, H.S. 1941. Indian and Ceylon sponges of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm collected by K. Fristedt. Records of the Indian Museum 43: 417-469. [details]
original description (of Mycale tylostrongyla Pulitzer-Finali, 1982) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1982 [1980-1981]). Some new or little-known sponges from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 48-49: 87-141.
page(s): 102 [details]
original description (of Mycale fistulata var. macrochela Hentschel, 1911) Hentschel, E. (1911). Tetraxonida. 2. Teil. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <i>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. (Fischer: Jena)</i>. 3 (10): 279-393. [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Aryasari, R.; De Voogd, N.J. (2021). <em>Mycale</em> species of the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4912(1): 1-212., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4912.1.1
page(s): 37-42 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Mycale fistulata Hentschel, 1911) ZMB 4398, geounit Shark Bay [details]
Syntype (of Mycale fistulata var. macrochela Hentschel, 1911) ZMB 4399, geounit Shark Bay [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mycale fistulata Hentschel, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Mycale imperfecta Baer, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mycale setosa) (from synonym Mycale setosa sensu Van Soest, 1984)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Mycale setosa sensu Van Soest, 1984)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Mycale imperfecta Baer, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mycale setosa) (from synonym Mycale setosa sensu Van Soest, 1984)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Mycale setosa sensu Van Soest, 1984)
