Mycale samaaii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Poecilosclerida

Familia: Mycalidae
Genus: Mycale
Subgenus: Mycale (Carmia)
Species: Mycale samaaii

Name

Mycale samaaii Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 [nomen substitutum]

• Holotype: SAM-H4936, collected by T. Samaai on 15 November 1997.
• Type locality: “Groenrivier (30°29’S, 17°20’E), depth 1–3 m”.

Synonyms

• Mycale levii Samaai & Gibbons, 2005: 79 [nomen praeocupatum]
  • Holotype: SAM-H4936, collected by T. Samaai on 15 November 1997.
  • Type locality: “Groenrivier (30°29’S, 17°20’E), depth 1–3 m”.

References

Primary references

• Samaai, T. & Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. African Natural History 1(1): 1–96. Reference page. 
• Van Soest, R.W.M., Hooper, J.N.A. & Butler, P.J. 2020. Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. Zootaxa 4745(1): 1–93. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1 Reference page.