WoRMS name details
Mycale indica (Carter, 1887)
1481322 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1481322)
unaccepted (junior synonym and subgenus assignment)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Esperia indica Carter, 1887) Carter, H.J. (1887). Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island, in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 21(127-128): 61-84, pls 5-7. [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 indica (Carter, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1481322 on 2026-01-21
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Nomenclature
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(of Esperia indica Carter, 1887) Carter, H.J. (1887). Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island, in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 21(127-128): 61-84, pls 5-7. [details]
new combination reference 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.
page(s): 327 [details]
new combination reference 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.
page(s): 327 [details]
Other
additional source
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.
page(s): 445 [details]
page(s): 445 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
