MSBIAS taxon details
Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859)
168526 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168526)
accepted
Species
Mycale contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Lieberkühn, N. (1859). Neue Beiträge zur Anatomie der Spongien. <em>Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie.</em> 30(3): 353-382, 515-529, pls IX-XI.
page(s): 525 [details]
page(s): 525 [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 (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859). 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=168526 on 2026-08-04
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 (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168526 on 2026-08-04
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(of ) Lieberkühn, N. (1859). Neue Beiträge zur Anatomie der Spongien. <em>Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie.</em> 30(3): 353-382, 515-529, pls IX-XI.
page(s): 525 [details]
basis of record Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 110-111; note: as Mycale (Aegagropila) contarenii an alternative writting which corresponds to the Greek root [details]
basis of record Topsent, E. (1924). Révision des Mycales de l'Europe occidentale. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 1(3): 77-118.
page(s): 91-95; note: Topsent wrote Aegagropila and not Aegogropila He also gave as authorship Martens 1824 for Mycale (Aegagropila) contarenii [details] Available for editors
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 Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2014). <i>Mycale</i> species (Porifera: Poecilosclerida) of Northwest Africa and the Macaronesian Islands. <em>Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 88 (4): 59-109.
page(s): 66 [details]
additional source Kefalas, E.; Castritsi-Catharios, I; Miliou, H. (2003). The impacts of scallop dredging on sponge assemblages in the Gulf of Kalloni (Aegean Sea, northeastern Mediterranean). <em>ICES Journal of Marine Science.</em> 60, 402-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s1054-3139(03)00012-2
page(s): 406 [details] Available for editors
additional source Evcen, A.; Çinar, M.E. (2012). Sponge (Porifera) species from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with a checklist of sponges from the coasts of Turkey. <em>Turkish Journal of Zoology,.</em> 36, 460-464., available online at https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1107-4
page(s): 463 [details] Available for editors
additional source Topsent, E. (1925). Etude des Spongiaires du Golfe de Naples. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 63(5): 623-725, pl. VIII.
page(s): 703 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1932). Remarques sur des Eponges de l'estuaire de la Rance. <em>Bulletin du Laboratoire maritime du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Saint-Servan.</em> 8: 1-7.
page(s): 2 & 3 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1936). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco. (Deuxième partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 686: 1-7.
page(s): 9-10; note: under the name Mycale (Aegagropila) contarenii (Martens) [details]
additional source Martens, G.M. Von. (1824). Reise nach Venedig. <em>Stettin'schen Buchhandlung.</em>
note: Although many authors attributed this species to Von Martens, there is no Spongia contarenii in his books. The author of the name is Lieberkühn, 1859. [details]
page(s): 525 [details]
basis of record Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 110-111; note: as Mycale (Aegagropila) contarenii an alternative writting which corresponds to the Greek root [details]
basis of record Topsent, E. (1924). Révision des Mycales de l'Europe occidentale. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 1(3): 77-118.
page(s): 91-95; note: Topsent wrote Aegagropila and not Aegogropila He also gave as authorship Martens 1824 for Mycale (Aegagropila) contarenii [details] Available for editors
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 Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2014). <i>Mycale</i> species (Porifera: Poecilosclerida) of Northwest Africa and the Macaronesian Islands. <em>Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 88 (4): 59-109.
page(s): 66 [details]
additional source Kefalas, E.; Castritsi-Catharios, I; Miliou, H. (2003). The impacts of scallop dredging on sponge assemblages in the Gulf of Kalloni (Aegean Sea, northeastern Mediterranean). <em>ICES Journal of Marine Science.</em> 60, 402-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s1054-3139(03)00012-2
page(s): 406 [details] Available for editors
additional source Evcen, A.; Çinar, M.E. (2012). Sponge (Porifera) species from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with a checklist of sponges from the coasts of Turkey. <em>Turkish Journal of Zoology,.</em> 36, 460-464., available online at https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1107-4
page(s): 463 [details] Available for editors
additional source Topsent, E. (1925). Etude des Spongiaires du Golfe de Naples. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 63(5): 623-725, pl. VIII.
page(s): 703 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1932). Remarques sur des Eponges de l'estuaire de la Rance. <em>Bulletin du Laboratoire maritime du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Saint-Servan.</em> 8: 1-7.
page(s): 2 & 3 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1936). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco. (Deuxième partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 686: 1-7.
page(s): 9-10; note: under the name Mycale (Aegagropila) contarenii (Martens) [details]
additional source Martens, G.M. Von. (1824). Reise nach Venedig. <em>Stettin'schen Buchhandlung.</em>
note: Although many authors attributed this species to Von Martens, there is no Spongia contarenii in his books. The author of the name is Lieberkühn, 1859. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mycale contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mycale contarenii) (from synonym Mycale contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Mycale contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859))
To PESI (from synonym Mycale contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859))
To PESI
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mycale contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mycale contarenii) (from synonym Mycale contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Mycale contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859))
To PESI (from synonym Mycale contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859))
To PESI