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Porifera taxon details

Mycale (Arenochalina) tenuispiculata (Dendy, 1905)

1478487  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1478487)

accepted
Species
Esperella tenuispiculata Dendy, 1905 · unaccepted (genus transfer and subgenus assignment)
Mycale (Carmia) tenuispiculata (Dendy, 1905) · unaccepted (subgenus transfer)
Mycale tenuispiculata (Dendy, 1905) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Esperella tenuispiculata Dendy, 1905) Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>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).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 160-161 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka  
type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka [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 (Arenochalina) tenuispiculata (Dendy, 1905). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1478487 on 2026-01-19
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original description (of Esperella tenuispiculata Dendy, 1905) Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>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).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 160-161 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source 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): 47-51; note: as aff. tenuispiculata [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Mycale tenuispiculata (Dendy, 1905)) Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 280-282 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference (of Mycale (Carmia) tenuispiculata (Dendy, 1905)) Habener, L.J.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Carroll, A.R. (2016). Chemical and biological aspects of marine sponges of the family Mycalidae. <em>Planta Med.</em> 82: 816-831., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-103245
page(s): 817 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Subgenus This combination is proposed by Van Soest et al. (2021: 47, as 'aff.'), but this remains tentative as type material of Dendy's specimen was not reexamined.  [details]
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