Species Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Bowerbank, 1866)

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• Halichondria incrustans Bowerbank, J.S. 1866. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. London : Ray Society Vol. 2 388 pp. [249] [Bowerbank attributes his species Halichondria incrustans to Johnston, listed as a synonym of Halichondria saburrata Johnston (Johnston, G. 1842. A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars 264 pp. 25 pls. (120)), but this has not been established subsequently. Bowerbank, J.S. & Norman, A.M. 1882. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. (supplementary). London : Ray Society Vol. 4 250 pp. 17 pls. also incorrectly attributes the species to Esper, E.J.C. 1791. Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Nürnberg : Raspe Vol. 2 303 pp. 109 pls. [Sponges: pp. 165–282, 289–294; pls Spongia 1–7, 7A, 7B, 8, 9, 9A, 10–21, 21A, 22, 23, 23A, 24–48, 48A, 49] but neither Esper nor the revision of Ehlers, E. 1870. Die Esper'schen Spongien in der zoologischen Sammlung der K. Universität Erlangen. Erlangen : E.T. Jacob pp. 36. mention it; Gray, J.E. 1867. Notes on the arrangement of sponges, with the description of some new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 492–558 pls 27–28 acknowledges Bowerbank (1866) as first author of the species, so Bowerbank's name stands].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH (not found), Firth of Forth, UK.

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Lundbeck, W. 1905. Porifera (Part II). Desmacidonidae (pars). Danish Ingolf-Expedition 6(2): 1-219 pls 1-20 [132]
• Vosmaer, G.C.J. 1932. [1932–1935]. The sponges of the Bay of Naples. Porifera Incalcaria. In Vosmaer-Röell, C.S. & Burton, M. (eds) Vol. 1 (1932–3), issued in 5 parts. Capita Zoologica 3: 1–456 pls 1–35. Vol. 2 (1933–5), issued in 5 parts. Capita Zoologica 5: 457–857 pls 36–71 (pls 43, 55 omitted). Also published separately in 3 vols (2 vols text, 875 pp., and atlas, 69 pls). The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff 1933–35. [569]
• Koltun, V.M. 1959. The Cornacuspongida of the northern and far eastern seas of the U.S.S.R. pp. 1-236 43 pls in, Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. Vol. 67 Published by the Zoological Institute, Akademia Nauk SSSR. [in Russian] [108]

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