Mycale (sponge)

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Mycale is a genus of demosponge with 240 recognised species in 11 subgenera.[1] It has been a large genus with multiple subdivisions since it was first described in 1867.[2]

Mycale
Orange Icing Sponge (Mycale laevis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Mycalidae
Genus: Mycale
Gray, 1867[1]
Species

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Species

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The following species are recognized in the genus Mycale:

Subgenus Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867
Subgenus Mycale (Anomomycale) Topsent, 1924
Subgenus Mycale (Arenochalina) Lendenfeld, 1887
Subgenus Mycale (Carmia) Gray, 1867
Subgenus Mycale (Grapelia) Gray, 1867
Subgenus Mycale (Mycale) Gray, 1867
Subgenus Mycale (Naviculina) Gray, 1867
Subgenus Mycale (Oxymycale) Hentschel, 1929
Subgenus Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905
Subgenus Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) Kent, 1870
Subgenus Mycale (Zygomycale) Topsent, 1930
Subgenus unassigned

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mycale". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  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.