Mycalidae

Mycalidae
	Mycale laxissima (Strawberry Vase Sponge)
Scientific classification
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;

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:^[1]

Genus Mycale Gray, 1867
- subgenus Gray, 1867 - About 37 species.
- Subgenus Topsent, 1924 - Monotypic.
  - Species (Schmidt, 1870)
- Subgenus Lendenfeld, 1887 - About 13 species.
- Subgenus Gray, 1867 - About 46 species.
- Subgenus Gray, 1867 - About 9 species.
- Subgenus Gray, 1867 - About 45 species.
- Subgenus Gray, 1867 - About 11 species.
- Subgenus Hentschel, 1929 - About 9 species.
- Subgenus Dendy, 1905 - About 18 species.
- Subgenus Kent, 1870 - About 4 species.
- Subgenus Topsent, 1931 - About 3 species.
- Unallocated Mycale: About 33 species.
Genus Topsent, 1904
- Subgenus Dendy, 1922 - 2 species.
  - Species Lévi & Lévi, 1983
  - Species (Dendy, 1922)
- Subgenus Topsent, 1904 - 2 species.
  - Species Topsent, 1904
  - Species van Soest & Stentoft, 1988

References[]

^ ^a ^b van Soest, Rob (2010). "Mycalidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-22.

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[worms-1] van Soest, Rob (2010). "Mycalidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-22.

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