World Porifera Database - Species - Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905

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Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905

AphiaID

132138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132138)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Mycale Gray, 1867

Original name

Paresperella Dendy, 1905

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Species Mycale (Paresperella) atlantica Stephens, 1917
Species Mycale (Paresperella) claudei Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Species Mycale (Paresperella) curvisigma (Lévi, 1969)
Species Mycale (Paresperella) dentata Sarà, 1958
Species Mycale (Paresperella) janvermeuleni Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014
Species Mycale (Paresperella) levii (Uriz, 1987)
Species Mycale (Paresperella) macrosigma (Lindgren, 1897)
Species Mycale (Paresperella) microsigma (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988)
Species Mycale (Paresperella) moluccensis (Thiele, 1903)
Species Mycale (Paresperella) penicillium (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Species Mycale (Paresperella) psila (de Laubenfels, 1930)
Species Mycale (Paresperella) sceptroides Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021
Species Mycale (Paresperella) serratohamata (Carter, 1880)
Species Mycale (Paresperella) serrulata Sarà & Siribelli, 1960
Species Mycale (Paresperella) seychellensis Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021
Species Mycale (Paresperella) spinosigma (Boury-Esnault, 1973)
Species Mycale (Paresperella) undulata (Tanita, 1968)
Species Mycale (Paresperella) vitellina van Soest, 2009
Species Mycale (Paresperella) repens (Whitelegge, 1907) accepted as Mycale (Paresperella) penicillium (Lendenfeld, 1888) (junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI. [details]

(of ) Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 162 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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 (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132138 on 2025-05-10

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132138 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2007-07-06 09:34:03Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2020-03-08 13:22:15Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI. [details]

original description (of ) Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 162 [details]

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. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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