MSBIAS taxon details
Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) Kent, 1870
132139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132139)
accepted
Subgenus
Rhaphidotheca marshallhalli Kent, 1870 accepted as Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) marshallhalli (Kent, 1870) (type by monotypy)
Rhaphidotheca Kent, 1870 · unaccepted (subgenus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Kent, W. Saville. (1870). On two new Siliceous Sponges taken in the late Dredging-Expedition of the Yacht 'Norma' off the Coasts of Spain and Portugal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 6(33): 217-224, pl. XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937008696236 [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 (Rhaphidotheca) Kent, 1870. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132139 on 2026-02-26
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) Kent, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132139 on 2026-02-26
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Kent, W. Saville. (1870). On two new Siliceous Sponges taken in the late Dredging-Expedition of the Yacht 'Norma' off the Coasts of Spain and Portugal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 6(33): 217-224, pl. XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937008696236 [details]
original description (of Rhaphidotheca Kent, 1870) Kent, W. Saville. (1870). On two new Siliceous Sponges taken in the late Dredging-Expedition of the Yacht 'Norma' off the Coasts of Spain and Portugal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 6(33): 217-224, pl. XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937008696236
page(s): 222 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_73 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Bukry, D. 1979. Coccolith and silicoflagellate stratigraphy, northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Reykjanes Ridge Deep Sea Drilling project Leg 49. Deep Sea Drilling Project Initial Reports 49 (18): 551-581. , available online at https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.49.118.1979
page(s): 581 [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Rhaphidotheca Kent, 1870) Kent, W. Saville. (1870). On two new Siliceous Sponges taken in the late Dredging-Expedition of the Yacht 'Norma' off the Coasts of Spain and Portugal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 6(33): 217-224, pl. XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937008696236
page(s): 222 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_73 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Bukry, D. 1979. Coccolith and silicoflagellate stratigraphy, northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Reykjanes Ridge Deep Sea Drilling project Leg 49. Deep Sea Drilling Project Initial Reports 49 (18): 551-581. , available online at https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.49.118.1979
page(s): 581 [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
