Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Poecilosclerida > Family Mycalidae > Genus Mycale

Mycale (Mycale) Gray, 1867

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mycale*	Gray, 1867	accepted genus name
*Mycale (Aegogropila)*	Gray, 1867	taxonomically included in
*Mycale (Anomomycale)*	Topsent, 1924	taxonomically included in
*Mycale (Carmia)*	Gray, 1867	taxonomically included in
*Mycale (Mycale)*	Gray, 1867	taxonomically included in
*Mycale (Naviculina)*	Gray, 1867	taxonomically included in
*Mycale (Oxymycale)*	Hentschel, 1929	taxonomically included in
*Mycale (Paresperella)*	Dendy, 1905	taxonomically included in
*Mycale (Rhaphidotheca)*	Kent, 1870	taxonomically included in
*Mycale lobimana*	(Czerniavsky, 1880)	taxonomically included in
*Mycale muscoides*	(Czerniavsky, 1880)	taxonomically included in

Subgenus group names

*Mycale (Mycale) arctica*	(Fristedt, 1887)	taxonomically included in
*Mycale (Mycale) lindbergi*	Koltun, 1958	taxonomically included in
*Mycale (Mycale) lingua*	(Bowerbank, 1866)	taxonomically included in
*Mycale (Mycale) loveni*	(Fristedt, 1887)	taxonomically included in
*Mycale (Mycale) massa*	(Schmidt, 1862)	taxonomically included in
*Mycale (Mycale) toporoki*	Koltun, 1958	taxonomically included in
*Mycale (Mycale) tylota*	Koltun, 1958	taxonomically included in
*Raphiodesma*	Bowerbank, 1874	synonym

Children

Mycale (Mycale) arctica (Fristedt, 1887)
Mycale (Mycale) lindbergi Koltun, 1958
Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866)
Mycale (Mycale) loveni (Fristedt, 1887)
Mycale (Mycale) massa (Schmidt, 1862)
Mycale (Mycale) toporoki Koltun, 1958
Mycale (Mycale) tylota Koltun, 1958

Literature

original description	Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
basis of record	Topsent, E. (1924). Révision des Mycales de l'Europe occidentale. Annales de l'Institut océanographique. 1(3): 77-118.
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).

Genbank

Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Mycale (Mycale) Gray, 1867. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168621