Mycalidae is a family of marine demosponges.
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
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