Galapagos Species Database
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Hemimycale nathani
Esponja, Sponge
This species was found only at Beagle Rocks and Guy Fawes, 7-27 m; found growing on rock or branches of Antipates galapagensis (Hickman, et al. 2021)
Named for co-author Cleveland Hickman’s grandson Nathan. This species name also reflects the Hebrew origin of this name, meaning “he gave” reflecting the giving of the unusual translucent, trumpet-shaped, areolate porefields, from the surface of the sponge (Sim-Smith et al., 2021).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Poecilosclerida
Family
Hymedesmiidae
Genus
Hemimycale
Species
nathani
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: MCCDRS9453, Beagle Rocks, 0.601° S, 90.633° W, 11 m, 10 Sep 2003; Paratype: MCCDRS9455, 37836, Guy Fawkes Island, 0.515° S, 90.527° W, 27 m, 3 Aug 2003; MCCDRS9454, Beagle Rocks, 0.601° S, 90.633° W, 11 m, 27 Mar 2003; Type locality: Beagle Rocks (near Pinzón Island) (Sim-Smith et al., 2021).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Beagle Rocks and Guy Fawkes Island (Sim-Smith et al., 2021).
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Sim-Amith, C. & Michelle, K. (2021) A field guide to Sponge of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- Sim-Smith, C. CLEVELAND HICKMAN, J. R., & Kelly, M. (2021) New shallow water sponges (Porifera) from the Gálapagos Islands Zootaxa, 5012(1), 1–71. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5012.1.1
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hemimycale nathani", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18829. Accessed 31 October 2026.