WoRMS taxon details
Mycale (Mycale) dendyi (Row, 1911)
168628 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168628)
accepted
Species
Esperella dendyi Row, 1911 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Mycale (Mycale) aruensis Hentschel, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale (Mycale) minor Hentschel, 1911 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale (Mycale) sulcata Hentschel, 1911 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale aruensis Hentschel, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym and subgenus assignment)
Mycale dendyi (Row, 1911) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Mycale sulcata Hentschel, 1911 · unaccepted (junior synonym and subgenus assignment)
Mycale sulcata var. aruensis Hentschel, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym and subgenus assignment)
Mycale sulcata var. minor Hentschel, 1911 · unaccepted (subgenus assignment & junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Esperella dendyi Row, 1911) Row, R.W.H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1911.tb00461.x
page(s): 331-333 [details]
page(s): 331-333 [details]
Type locality contained in Southern Red Sea
type locality contained in Southern Red Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Mycale (Mycale) dendyi (Row, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168628 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Esperella dendyi Row, 1911) Row, R.W.H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1911.tb00461.x
page(s): 331-333 [details]
original description (of Mycale aruensis Hentschel, 1912) Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.85325 [details]
original description (of Mycale sulcata Hentschel, 1911) Hentschel, E. (1911). Tetraxonida. 2. Teil. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <i>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. (Fischer: Jena)</i>. 3 (10): 279-393. [details]
original description (of Mycale sulcata var. minor Hentschel, 1911) Hentschel, E. (1911). Tetraxonida. 2. Teil. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <i>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. (Fischer: Jena)</i>. 3 (10): 279-393. [details]
original description (of Mycale sulcata var. aruensis Hentschel, 1912) Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.85325
page(s): 340 [details]
basis of record 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): 116-121 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 331-333 [details]
original description (of Mycale aruensis Hentschel, 1912) Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.85325 [details]
original description (of Mycale sulcata Hentschel, 1911) Hentschel, E. (1911). Tetraxonida. 2. Teil. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <i>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. (Fischer: Jena)</i>. 3 (10): 279-393. [details]
original description (of Mycale sulcata var. minor Hentschel, 1911) Hentschel, E. (1911). Tetraxonida. 2. Teil. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <i>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. (Fischer: Jena)</i>. 3 (10): 279-393. [details]
original description (of Mycale sulcata var. aruensis Hentschel, 1912) Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.85325
page(s): 340 [details]
basis of record 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): 116-121 [details] Available for editors
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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.
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
