MSBIAS taxon details
Mycale (Carmia) macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866)
168587 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168587)
accepted
Species
Mycale macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 176-177 [details]
page(s): 176-177 [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 (Carmia) macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866). 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=168587 on 2026-08-07
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 (Carmia) macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168587 on 2026-08-07
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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(of ) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 176-177 [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): 112-113 [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 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): 11 [details]
additional source Zintzen, V. (2007). Biodiversity of shipwrecks from the Southern Bight of the North Sea. PhD Thesis. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturellles de Belgique/Université Catholique de Louvain: Louvain-la-Neuve. 343 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46.
note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
additional source Cruz, T. (2002). Esponjas marinas de Canarias. <em>Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias.</em> S/C Tenerife. 260 pp. [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): 84 [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 Pestana, R.; Ribeiro, C.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Biscoito, M. (2018). Systematic account of new Porifera (Demospongiae) records from the oceanic Island of Madeira (NE Atlantic). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4402(2): 395-400., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4402.2.11
page(s): 397 [details] Available for editors
redescription Topsent, E. (1924). Révision des Mycales de l'Europe occidentale. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 1(3): 77-118.
page(s): 105-109; fig 11-12; note: and also source of synonymy [details] Available for editors
page(s): 176-177 [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): 112-113 [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 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): 11 [details]
additional source Zintzen, V. (2007). Biodiversity of shipwrecks from the Southern Bight of the North Sea. PhD Thesis. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturellles de Belgique/Université Catholique de Louvain: Louvain-la-Neuve. 343 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46.
note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
additional source Cruz, T. (2002). Esponjas marinas de Canarias. <em>Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias.</em> S/C Tenerife. 260 pp. [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): 84 [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 Pestana, R.; Ribeiro, C.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Biscoito, M. (2018). Systematic account of new Porifera (Demospongiae) records from the oceanic Island of Madeira (NE Atlantic). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4402(2): 395-400., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4402.2.11
page(s): 397 [details] Available for editors
redescription Topsent, E. (1924). Révision des Mycales de l'Europe occidentale. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 1(3): 77-118.
page(s): 105-109; fig 11-12; note: and also source of synonymy [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Mycale macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Mycale macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Mycale macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mycale macilenta) (from synonym Mycale macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Mycale macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To PESI (from synonym Mycale macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To PESI
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Mycale macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Mycale macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mycale macilenta) (from synonym Mycale macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Mycale macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To PESI (from synonym Mycale macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866))
To PESI