MSBIAS taxon details
Mycale (Aegogropila) rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874)
168544 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168544)
accepted
Species
Mycale rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 323-324, Pl. XC 8-14; 327-329; note: illustration of the type specimen [details]
page(s): 323-324, Pl. XC 8-14; 327-329; note: illustration of the type specimen [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) rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874). 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=168544 on 2026-07-01
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) rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168544 on 2026-07-01
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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original description
(of ) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 323-324, Pl. XC 8-14; 327-329; note: illustration of the type specimen [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): 113-114; note: as Mycale (Aegagropila) rotalis 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): 100-104; fig 7-9; note: under the name Mycale (Aegagropila) rotalis [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): 704; note: under the name Mycale (Aegagropila) rotalis [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): 10; note: under the name Mycale (Aegagropila) rotalis [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C. (2000). Sponges of the North East Atlantic. <em>In: World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series, Windows/Mac version 1.0.</em> (ETI, University of Amsterdam:Amsterdam), available online at http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=104&menuentry=soorten., available online at http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=104&menuentry=soorten
page(s): http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=337&menuentry=soorten [details]
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): 68 [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 Marra, M.V.; Bertolino, M.; Pansini, M.; Giacobbe, S.; Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2016). Long-term turnover of the sponge fauna in Faro Lake (North-East Sicily, Mediterranean Sea). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 1-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2016.1251981
page(s): 4 [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
page(s): 323-324, Pl. XC 8-14; 327-329; note: illustration of the type specimen [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): 113-114; note: as Mycale (Aegagropila) rotalis 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): 100-104; fig 7-9; note: under the name Mycale (Aegagropila) rotalis [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): 704; note: under the name Mycale (Aegagropila) rotalis [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): 10; note: under the name Mycale (Aegagropila) rotalis [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C. (2000). Sponges of the North East Atlantic. <em>In: World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series, Windows/Mac version 1.0.</em> (ETI, University of Amsterdam:Amsterdam), available online at http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=104&menuentry=soorten., available online at http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=104&menuentry=soorten
page(s): http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=337&menuentry=soorten [details]
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): 68 [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 Marra, M.V.; Bertolino, M.; Pansini, M.; Giacobbe, S.; Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2016). Long-term turnover of the sponge fauna in Faro Lake (North-East Sicily, Mediterranean Sea). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 1-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2016.1251981
page(s): 4 [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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Mycale rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mycale rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mycale rotalis) (from synonym Mycale rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Mycale rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mycale rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mycale rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mycale rotalis) (from synonym Mycale rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Mycale rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mycale rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874))