World Porifera Database - Species - Mycale (Oxymycale) stephensae Samaai & Gibbons, 2005

Porifera taxon details

Mycale (Oxymycale) stephensae Samaai & Gibbons, 2005

AphiaID

234288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234288)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mycale (Oxymycale) Hentschel, 1929

Original name

Mycale (Oxymycale) stephensae Samaai & Gibbons, 2005

Synonymised names

Mycale stephensae Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Samaai, T.; Gibbons, M.J. (2005). Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. <em>African Natural History.</em> 1: 1-96.
page(s): 80-81 [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Holotype SAMC H4937, geounit Namaqua

Holotype SAMC H4937, geounit Namaqua [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 (Oxymycale) stephensae Samaai & Gibbons, 2005. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=234288 on 2026-06-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-08 08:06:59Z

created

Samaai, Toufiek

2009-04-17 07:57:56Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Samaai, T.; Gibbons, M.J. (2005). Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. <em>African Natural History.</em> 1: 1-96.
page(s): 80-81 [details] Available for editors

[request]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype SAMC H4937, geounit Namaqua [details]

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