Mycale (sponge)

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Mycale
Mycale laevis (Orange Icing Sponge) around hard coral.jpg
Orange Icing Sponge ( Mycale laevis )
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Mycalidae
Genus: Mycale
Gray, 1867 [1]

Mycale is a genus of demosponges with 245 recognised species in 12 subgenera. [1] It has been a large genus with multiple subdivisions since it was first described in 1867. [2]

Species

The following species are recognized in the genus Mycale: [1]

Subgenus AegogropilaGray, 1867
Subgenus AnomomycaleTopsent, 1924
Subgenus ArenochalinaLendenfeld, 1887
Subgenus CarmiaGray, 1867
Subgenus GrapeliaGray, 1867
Subgenus Kerasemna Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
Subgenus MycaleGray, 1867
Subgenus NaviculinaGray, 1867
Subgenus OxymycaleHentschel, 1929
Subgenus ParesperellaDendy, 1905
Subgenus RhaphidothecaKent, 1870
Subgenus ZygomycaleTopsent, 1930
Subgenus unassigned

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mycale". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  2. Hooper, John N. A.; Soest, Rob W. M. van (2012-12-06). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   9781461507475.