WoRMS taxon details
Mycale (Aegogropila) tunicata (Schmidt, 1862)
168550 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168550)
accepted
Species
Esperella tunicata (Schmidt, 1862) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Esperia bowerbankii Schmidt, 1862 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Esperia nodosa Schmidt, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Esperia tuberosa Schmidt, 1868 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Esperia tunicata Schmidt, 1862 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Mycale bowerbanki (Schmidt, 1862) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale tuberosa (Schmidt, 1868) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale tunicata (Schmidt, 1862) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Esperia tunicata Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 55; pl V fig 4 [details]
page(s): 55; pl V fig 4 [details]
Type locality contained in Adriatic Sea
type locality contained in Adriatic Sea [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Mycale (Aegogropila) tunicata (Schmidt, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168550 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Esperia bowerbankii Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 55 [details]
original description (of Esperia tunicata Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 55; pl V fig 4 [details]
original description (of Esperia tuberosa Schmidt, 1868) Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V.
page(s): 26 [details]
original description (of Esperia nodosa Schmidt, 1864) Schmidt, O. (1864). Supplement der Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. <em>Enthaltend die Histologie und systematische Ergänzungen. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig).</em> i-vi: 1-48, pls 1-4.
page(s): 33; pl III fig 10 [details]
basis of record Topsent, E. (1924). Révision des Mycales de l'Europe occidentale. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 1(3): 77-118.
page(s): 98-100; note: under the name Mycale (Aegagropila) tunicata [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 55 [details]
original description (of Esperia tunicata Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 55; pl V fig 4 [details]
original description (of Esperia tuberosa Schmidt, 1868) Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V.
page(s): 26 [details]
original description (of Esperia nodosa Schmidt, 1864) Schmidt, O. (1864). Supplement der Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. <em>Enthaltend die Histologie und systematische Ergänzungen. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig).</em> i-vi: 1-48, pls 1-4.
page(s): 33; pl III fig 10 [details]
basis of record Topsent, E. (1924). Révision des Mycales de l'Europe occidentale. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 1(3): 77-118.
page(s): 98-100; note: under the name Mycale (Aegagropila) tunicata [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Topsent, E. (1925). Etude des Spongiaires du Golfe de Naples. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 63(5): 623-725, pl. VIII.
page(s): 703; note: under the name Mycale (Aegagropila) tunicata [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 204 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1936). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco. (Deuxième partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 686: 1-7.
page(s): 9; note: under the name Mycale (Aegagropila) tunicata [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2014). <i>Mycale</i> species (Porifera: Poecilosclerida) of Northwest Africa and the Macaronesian Islands. <em>Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 88 (4): 59-109.
page(s): 100 [details]
additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2158 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 703; note: under the name Mycale (Aegagropila) tunicata [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 204 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1936). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco. (Deuxième partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 686: 1-7.
page(s): 9; note: under the name Mycale (Aegagropila) tunicata [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2014). <i>Mycale</i> species (Porifera: Poecilosclerida) of Northwest Africa and the Macaronesian Islands. <em>Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 88 (4): 59-109.
page(s): 100 [details]
additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2158 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Esperia bowerbankii Schmidt, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Esperia tuberosa Schmidt, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Esperia tunicata Schmidt, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mycale tunicata (Schmidt, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Esperia nodosa Schmidt, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Esperia tunicata Schmidt, 1862)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mycale tunicata (Schmidt, 1862))
To PESI (from synonym Mycale bowerbanki (Schmidt, 1862))
To PESI (from synonym Mycale tuberosa (Schmidt, 1868))
To PESI (from synonym Esperia tuberosa Schmidt, 1868)
To PESI (from synonym Esperia bowerbankii Schmidt, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Mycale tunicata (Schmidt, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Esperia tuberosa Schmidt, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Esperia tunicata Schmidt, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mycale tunicata (Schmidt, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Esperia nodosa Schmidt, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Esperia tunicata Schmidt, 1862)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mycale tunicata (Schmidt, 1862))
To PESI (from synonym Mycale bowerbanki (Schmidt, 1862))
To PESI (from synonym Mycale tuberosa (Schmidt, 1868))
To PESI (from synonym Esperia tuberosa Schmidt, 1868)
To PESI (from synonym Esperia bowerbankii Schmidt, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Mycale tunicata (Schmidt, 1862))
