Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Poecilosclerida > Suborder Mycalina > Family Mycalidae > Genus Mycale > Subgenus Mycale (Aegogropila)

Mycale (Aegogropila) tunicata (Schmidt, 1862)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mycale*	Gray, 1867	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Esperia bowerbanki*	Schmidt, 1862	basionym
*Esperia tuberosa*	Schmidt, 1868	basionym
*Esperia tunicata*	Schmidt, 1862	basionym
*Esperia bowerbanki*	Schmidt, 1862	synonym
*Esperia tuberosa*	Schmidt, 1868	synonym
*Esperia tunicata*	Schmidt, 1862	synonym
*Mycale bowerbanki*	(Schmidt, 1862)	synonym
*Mycale tuberosa*	(Schmidt, 1868)	synonym
*Mycale tunicata*	(Schmidt, 1862)	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

original description	Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
redescription	Gugel, J.; Pfannkuchen, M.; Brümmer, F. 2006. Redescription of Mycale tunicata (Schmidt, 1862) (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from Rovinj, Croatia, northern Adriatic Sea. Zootaxa 1191: 21-34.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Mycale (Aegogropila) tunicata (Schmidt, 1862). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168550