Mycale (sponge)

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Mycale
File: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

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

Subgenus Aegogropila Gray, 1867
Subgenus Anomomycale Topsent, 1924
Subgenus Arenochalina Lendenfeld, 1887
Subgenus Carmia Gray, 1867
Subgenus Grapelia Gray, 1867
Subgenus Kerasemna Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
Subgenus Mycale Gray, 1867
Subgenus Naviculina Gray, 1867
Subgenus Oxymycale Hentschel, 1929
Subgenus Paresperella Dendy, 1905
Subgenus Rhaphidotheca Kent, 1870
Subgenus Zygomycale Topsent, 1930
Subgenus unassigned

References

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