Porifera taxon details
Mycale (Kerasemna) humilis (Thiele, 1903)
1477593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1477593)
accepted
Species
Biemna humilis Thiele, 1903 · unaccepted (genus transfer and subgenus assignment)
Desmacella humilis (Thiele, 1903) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Kerasemna humilis (Thiele, 1903) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Mycale (Mycale) corallina Calcinai, Cerrano & Bavestrello, 2017 · unaccepted (subgenus transfer and junior synonym)
Mycale (Mycale) vansoesti Calcinai, Cerrano, Totti, Romagnoli & Bavestrello, 2006 · unaccepted (subgenus transfer and junior synonym)
Mycale calcinaiae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 · unaccepted (subgenus assignment and junior synonym)
Mycale humilis (Thiele, 1903) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Sigmatoxella humilis (Thiele, 1903) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Biemna humilis Thiele, 1903) Thiele, J. (1903). Kieselschwämme von Ternate. II. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 25: 933-968, pl. XVIII. [details] 
Holotype (of Biemna humilis Thiele, 1903) SMF 786,...
Holotype (of Biemna humilis Thiele, 1903) SMF 786, geounit Halmahera [details]
Holotype (of Biemna humilis Thiele, 1903) ZMB 3203, geounit Halmahera [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 (Kerasemna) humilis (Thiele, 1903). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1477593 on 2025-05-04
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(of Biemna humilis Thiele, 1903) Thiele, J. (1903). Kieselschwämme von Ternate. II. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 25: 933-968, pl. XVIII. [details]
original description (of Mycale (Mycale) vansoesti Calcinai, Cerrano, Totti, Romagnoli & Bavestrello, 2006) Calcinai, B.; Cerrano, C.; Totti, C.; Romagnoli, T.; Bavestrello, G. (2006). Symbiosis of <i>Mycale (Mycale) vansoesti</i> sp.nov. (Porifera, Demospongiae) with a coralline alga from North Sulawesi (Indonesia). <em>Invertebrate Biology.</em> 125 (3): 195-204.
page(s): 197 [details]
original description (of Mycale (Mycale) corallina Calcinai, Cerrano & Bavestrello, 2017) Calcinai, B.; Bastari, A.; Bavestrello, G.; Bertolino, M.; Bueno Horcajadas, S.; Pansini, M.; Makapedua, D.M.; Cerrano, C. (2017). Demosponge diversity from North Sulawesi, with the description of six new species. <em>Zookeys.</em> 680: 105-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.680.12135
page(s): Supplementary file S2 [details]
original description (of Mycale calcinaiae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference 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): 98-103 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Desmacella humilis (Thiele, 1903)) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1993). A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. <em>Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria".</em> 89: 247-350.
page(s): 293-294 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Desmacella humilis (Thiele, 1903)) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy (of Biemna humilis Thiele, 1903) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy (of Kerasemna humilis (Thiele, 1903)) Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy (of Sigmatoxella humilis (Thiele, 1903)) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1982 [1980-1981]). Some new or little-known sponges from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 48-49: 87-141.
page(s): 107 [details]
source of synonymy (of Mycale humilis (Thiele, 1903)) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Mycale (Mycale) vansoesti Calcinai, Cerrano, Totti, Romagnoli & Bavestrello, 2006) Calcinai, B.; Cerrano, C.; Totti, C.; Romagnoli, T.; Bavestrello, G. (2006). Symbiosis of <i>Mycale (Mycale) vansoesti</i> sp.nov. (Porifera, Demospongiae) with a coralline alga from North Sulawesi (Indonesia). <em>Invertebrate Biology.</em> 125 (3): 195-204.
page(s): 197 [details]
original description (of Mycale (Mycale) corallina Calcinai, Cerrano & Bavestrello, 2017) Calcinai, B.; Bastari, A.; Bavestrello, G.; Bertolino, M.; Bueno Horcajadas, S.; Pansini, M.; Makapedua, D.M.; Cerrano, C. (2017). Demosponge diversity from North Sulawesi, with the description of six new species. <em>Zookeys.</em> 680: 105-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.680.12135
page(s): Supplementary file S2 [details]
original description (of Mycale calcinaiae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference 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): 98-103 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Desmacella humilis (Thiele, 1903)) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1993). A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. <em>Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria".</em> 89: 247-350.
page(s): 293-294 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Desmacella humilis (Thiele, 1903)) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy (of Biemna humilis Thiele, 1903) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy (of Kerasemna humilis (Thiele, 1903)) Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy (of Sigmatoxella humilis (Thiele, 1903)) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1982 [1980-1981]). Some new or little-known sponges from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 48-49: 87-141.
page(s): 107 [details]
source of synonymy (of Mycale humilis (Thiele, 1903)) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Biemna humilis Thiele, 1903) SMF 786, geounit Halmahera [details]
Holotype (of Biemna humilis Thiele, 1903) ZMB 3203, geounit Halmahera [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Desmacella humilis (Thiele, 1903))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Biemna humilis Thiele, 1903)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Mycale (Mycale) vansoesti Calcinai, Cerrano, Totti, Romagnoli & Bavestrello, 2006)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Biemna humilis Thiele, 1903)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Mycale (Mycale) vansoesti Calcinai, Cerrano, Totti, Romagnoli & Bavestrello, 2006)
