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Mycale (Mycale) laevis (Carter, 1882)

168638  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168638)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Poecilosclerida (Order)
  7. Mycalidae (Family)
  8. Mycale (Genus)
  9. Mycale (Mycale) (Subgenus)
  10. Mycale (Mycale) laevis (Species)
accepted
Species
Mycale (Mycale) fusca (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) · unaccepted (junior synonymy)
Mycale fusca (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) · alternative representation
Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Oxymycale strongylata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 291-292 [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 (Mycale) laevis (Carter, 1882). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168638 on 2026-01-18
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Mycale (Mycale) laevis (Carter, 1882). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168638 on 2026-01-18
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description (of ) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 291-292 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Oxymycale strongylata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 133-135, fig 56-57 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286. , available online at http://ISBN 958-9068-05-7
page(s): 136-138; fig 43 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 157 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 158; note: Identification as 'cf.'. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hajdu, E. (1995). Macroevolutionary Patterns Within the Demosponge Order Poecilosclerida. Phylogeny of the marine cosmopolitan genus <i>Mycale</i>, and an integrated approach to biogeography of the seas. <em>Ph.D.Thesis (University of Amsterdam).</em> 1-173. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hajdu, E.; Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R. (1994). A synopsis of South American <i>Mycale</i> (<i>Mycale</i>) (Poecilosclerida, Demospongiae),with description of three new species and a cladistic analysis of Mycalidae. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 101(3): 563-600.
page(s): 574 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 57 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

biology source Riesgo, A.; Taboada, S.; Sánchez-Vila, L.; Solà, J.; Bertran, A.; Avila, C. (2015). Some Like It Fat: Comparative Ultrastructure of the Embryo in Two Demosponges of the Genus <i>Mycale</i> (Order Poecilosclerida) from Antarctica and the Caribbean. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(3): e0118805., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118805
page(s): 8-10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To Barcode of Life (from synonym Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Oxymycale strongylata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mycale laevis) (from synonym Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882))
To GenBank (68 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882))
To GenBank (68 nucleotides; 7 proteins) 
To The Sponge Guide 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (21 records) (from synonym Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 004959.PR) (from synonym Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882))
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