World Porifera Database - Species - Mycale murrayi (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

Porifera name details

Mycale murrayi (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

AphiaID

244429 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244429)

Classification

Status

alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Accepted name

Mycale (Carmia) murrayi (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

Rank

Species

Parent

Mycale Gray, 1867

Original name

Esperella murrayi Ridley & Dendy, 1886

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Esperella murrayi Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18: 325-351, 470-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459998
page(s): 338 [details]

(of Esperella murrayi Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 67-69 [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 murrayi (Ridley & Dendy, 1886). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=244429 on 2026-09-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-07-22 11:06:32Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Esperella murrayi Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18: 325-351, 470-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459998
page(s): 338 [details]

original description (of Esperella murrayi Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 67-69 [details]

basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Fromont, P.J. (1988). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 4 Poecilosclerida. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 96: 1-197.
page(s): 20 [details]

additional source Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London. Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 228; note: Misapplication [details]

source of synonymy 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

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