Mycale | |
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Orange Icing Sponge ( Mycale laevis ) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]
The following species are recognized in the genus Mycale: [1]