WoRMS taxon details
Mycale (Aegogropila) magellanica (Ridley, 1881)
168534 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168534)
accepted
Species
Esperella magellanica (Ridley, 1881) · unaccepted
Esperia cunninghami Carter, 1882 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Esperia magellanica Ridley, 1881 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Mycale (Mycale) magellanica (Ridley, 1881) · unaccepted (misapplied subgenus name)
Mycale antarctica Hentschel, 1914 · unaccepted (subgenus assignment & junior synonym)
Mycale lilliei Dendy, 1924 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale magellanica (Ridley, 1881) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Mycale pellita Topsent, 1913 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale rossi Hentschel, 1914 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Esperia magellanica Ridley, 1881) Ridley, S.O. (1881). XI. Spongida. Horny and Siliceous Sponges of Magellan Straits, S.W. Chili, and Atlantic off SW Brazil. <i>in</i>: Account of the Zoological Collections made during the Survey of H.M.S. 'Alert' in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. Gunther, A. (Ed.). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 107-141, pls X-XI.
page(s): 117-119 [details]
page(s): 117-119 [details]
Type locality contained in Channels and Fjords of Southern Chile
type locality contained in Channels and Fjords of Southern Chile [from synonym] [view taxon] [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Mycale (Aegogropila) magellanica (Ridley, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168534 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Esperia magellanica Ridley, 1881) Ridley, S.O. (1881). XI. Spongida. Horny and Siliceous Sponges of Magellan Straits, S.W. Chili, and Atlantic off SW Brazil. <i>in</i>: Account of the Zoological Collections made during the Survey of H.M.S. 'Alert' in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. Gunther, A. (Ed.). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 107-141, pls X-XI.
page(s): 117-119 [details]
original description (of Esperia cunninghami Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 300 [details]
original description (of Mycale antarctica Hentschel, 1914) Hentschel, E. (1914). Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition.</em> 15 (1): 35-141, pls IV-VIII.
page(s): 58-59 [details]
original description (of Mycale lilliei Dendy, 1924) Dendy, A. (1924). Porifera. Part I. Non-Antarctic sponges. Natural History Report. <em>British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910 (Zoology).</em> 6 (3): 269-392, pls I-XV.
page(s): 337-339 [details]
original description (of Mycale pellita Topsent, 1913) Topsent, E. (1913). Spongiaires de l'Expédition Antarctique Nationale Ecossaise. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 49(3):579-643, pls I-VI.
page(s): 633-634 [details]
original description (of Mycale rossi Hentschel, 1914) Hentschel, E. (1914). Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition.</em> 15 (1): 35-141, pls IV-VIII.
page(s): 59-61 [details]
basis of record Goodwin, C.E.; Berman, J.; Hendry, K.R. (2019). Demosponges from the sublittoral and shallow-circalittoral (<24m depth) Antarctic Peninsula with a description of four new species and notes on <em>in situ</em> identification characteristics. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4658(3): 461-508., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.3
page(s): 491-492 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 117-119 [details]
original description (of Esperia cunninghami Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 300 [details]
original description (of Mycale antarctica Hentschel, 1914) Hentschel, E. (1914). Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition.</em> 15 (1): 35-141, pls IV-VIII.
page(s): 58-59 [details]
original description (of Mycale lilliei Dendy, 1924) Dendy, A. (1924). Porifera. Part I. Non-Antarctic sponges. Natural History Report. <em>British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910 (Zoology).</em> 6 (3): 269-392, pls I-XV.
page(s): 337-339 [details]
original description (of Mycale pellita Topsent, 1913) Topsent, E. (1913). Spongiaires de l'Expédition Antarctique Nationale Ecossaise. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 49(3):579-643, pls I-VI.
page(s): 633-634 [details]
original description (of Mycale rossi Hentschel, 1914) Hentschel, E. (1914). Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition.</em> 15 (1): 35-141, pls IV-VIII.
page(s): 59-61 [details]
basis of record Goodwin, C.E.; Berman, J.; Hendry, K.R. (2019). Demosponges from the sublittoral and shallow-circalittoral (<24m depth) Antarctic Peninsula with a description of four new species and notes on <em>in situ</em> identification characteristics. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4658(3): 461-508., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.3
page(s): 491-492 [details] Available for editors
[request]Ecology
ecology source
De Freitas, M. A.; Cunha-Ferreira, I. C.; Leal, C. V.; Fernandez, J. C.; Omachi, C. Y.; Campos, L. S.; Masi, B. P.; Krüger, R. H.; Hajdu, E.; Thompson, C. C.; Thompson, F. L. (2023). Microbiome diversity from sponges biogeographically distributed between South America and Antarctica. <em>Science of The Total Environment.</em> 163256., available online at https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1gxVrB8ccyVu0
page(s): Supplementary Table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): Supplementary Table 1 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Mycale antarctica Hentschel, 1914) ZMB 4818, geounit East Antarctic Wilkes Land [details]
Unknown type (of Mycale pellita Topsent, 1913) MNHN DT 1586, geounit Malvinas/Falklands [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Esperia cunninghami Carter, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mycale antarctica Hentschel, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mycale rossi Hentschel, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Esperia magellanica Ridley, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Mycale magellanica (Ridley, 1881))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (36 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 21367) (from synonym Mycale lilliei Dendy, 1924)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mycale antarctica Hentschel, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mycale rossi Hentschel, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Esperia magellanica Ridley, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Mycale magellanica (Ridley, 1881))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (36 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 21367) (from synonym Mycale lilliei Dendy, 1924)
