Species Mycale (Mycale) hentscheli Hooper, 1994

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mycale macilenta australis Hentschel, E. 1911. Tetraxonida. pp. 279-393, 54 figs 2. Teil. in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 3 (10). [296].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH, 7–8 m, NW of Middle Bluff and 11–16 m, Freycinet Reach W of Middle Flat to N point of Heirisson Prong, Shark Bay, WA; ZMB 4402 wet, 7–8 m, NW of Middle Bluff and 11–16 m, Freycinet Reach W of Middle Flat to N point of Heirisson Prong, Shark Bay, WA.
• Mycale hentscheli Hooper, J.N.A. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] [288] [nom. nov. for Mycale macilenta australis Hentschel, 1911; the subspecific name australis cannot be used as it is already in use for Mycale australis (Gray, 1867)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hooper, J.N.A. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] [288] (rejects synonymy of this species with Hymeniacidon macilenta Bowerbank, 1866 proposed by Topsent, E. 1924. Révision des Mycale de l'Europe occidentale. Annales de l'Institut Océanographie. Monaco & Paris ns 1: 77–118 [84])

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay, also S Africa and New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 7–16 m.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)