Mycalidae

Mycalidae is a family of marine demosponges.

Mycalidae
Orange Icing Sponge (Mycale laevis) growing on a coral reef
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Poecilosclerida
Family:	Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Arenochalininae Lendenfeld, 1888 Esperellinae Ridley & Dendy, 1887 Esperiadae Gray, 1867

Genera

According to the World Register of Marine Species, there are only two genera in this family. Previously there were about 26, but most of these have been reallocated as sub-genera of the remaining two genera, Mycale and Phlyctaenopora:

• Genus Mycale Gray, 1867
  • subgenus Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867 - About 37 species.
  • Subgenus Mycale (Anomomycale) Topsent, 1924 - Monotypic.
    • Species Mycale (Anomomycale) titubans (Schmidt, 1870)
  • Subgenus Mycale (Arenochalina) Lendenfeld, 1887 - About 13 species.
  • Subgenus Mycale (Carmia) Gray, 1867 - About 46 species.
  • Subgenus Mycale (Grapelia) Gray, 1867 - About 9 species.
  • Subgenus Mycale (Mycale) Gray, 1867 - About 45 species.
  • Subgenus Mycale (Naviculina) Gray, 1867 - About 11 species.
  • Subgenus Mycale (Oxymycale) Hentschel, 1929 - About 9 species.
  • Subgenus Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905 - About 18 species.
  • Subgenus Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) Kent, 1870 - About 4 species.
  • Subgenus Mycale (Zygomycale) Topsent, 1931 - About 3 species.
  • Unallocated Mycale: About 33 species.
• Genus Phlyctaenopora Topsent, 1904
  • Subgenus Phlyctaenopora (Barbozia) Dendy, 1922 - 2 species.
    • Species Phlyctaenopora (Barbozia) bocagei Lévi & Lévi, 1983
    • Species Phlyctaenopora (Barbozia) primitiva (Dendy, 1922)
  • Subgenus Phlyctaenopora (Phlyctaenopora) Topsent, 1904 - 2 species.
    • Species Phlyctaenopora (Phlyctaenopora) bitorquis Topsent, 1904
    • Species Phlyctaenopora (Phlyctaenopora) halichondrioides van Soest & Stentoft, 1988