World Porifera Database - Species - Mycale (Grapelia) trichophora (Dendy & Frederick, 1924)

Porifera taxon details

Mycale (Grapelia) trichophora (Dendy & Frederick, 1924)

AphiaID

168617 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168617)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mycale (Grapelia) Gray, 1867

Original name

Pseudoesperia trichophora Dendy & Frederick, 1924

Synonymised names

Mycale trichophora (Dendy & Frederick, 1924) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Pseudoesperia trichophora Dendy & Frederick, 1924 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Pseudoesperia trichophora Dendy & Frederick, 1924) Dendy, A.; Frederick, L.M. (1924). On a Collection of Sponges from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology. 35: 477-519, pls 25-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1924.tb00052.x
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Type data

Holotype (of Pseudoesperia trichophora Dendy &...

Holotype (of Pseudoesperia trichophora Dendy & Frederick, 1924) BMNH 1925.11.1.281, geounit Houtman [details]

Taxonomic citation

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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Mycale (Grapelia) trichophora (Dendy & Frederick, 1924). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=168617 on 2026-08-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2007-07-12 10:01:52Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Pseudoesperia trichophora Dendy & Frederick, 1924) Dendy, A.; Frederick, L.M. (1924). On a Collection of Sponges from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology. 35: 477-519, pls 25-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1924.tb00052.x
page(s): 502 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. In: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Aryasari, R.; De Voogd, N.J. (2021). Mycale species of the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). Zootaxa. 4912(1): 1-212., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4912.1.1
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basis of record (of Pseudoesperia trichophora Dendy & Frederick, 1924) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. In: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]

source of synonymy (of Mycale trichophora (Dendy & Frederick, 1924)) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. In: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype (of Pseudoesperia trichophora Dendy & Frederick, 1924) BMNH 1925.11.1.281, geounit Houtman [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pseudoesperia trichophora Dendy & Frederick, 1924)