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Mycale parasitica (Carter, 1885)

242174  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242174)

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  1. Variety Mycale parasitica var. arenosa Hentschel, 1911 accepted as Mycale (Grapelia) australis (Gray, 1867) (subgenus assignment and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Esperia parasitica Carter, 1885) Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 15(86): 107-117, pl. IV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459306
page(s): 108-109 [details] OpenAccess publication
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 parasitica (Carter, 1885). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=242174 on 2026-06-04
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original description (of Esperia parasitica Carter, 1885) Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 15(86): 107-117, pl. IV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459306
page(s): 108-109 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details] 

additional source Carpay, M. (1986). The marine sponges of Tasmania. A checklist of a number of marine sponges, occurring along the Tasmanian coast. <em>M.Sc.Thesis. (Department Bijzondere Dierkunde, Institute for Taxonomic Zoology: Amsterdam).</em> 1-77.
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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