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Family: Mycalidae



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116 species (see list below)
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Mycale acerata
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Max. Length 1 cm H
 
Mycale adhaerens
[Smooth scallop sponge]
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Mycale americana
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Mycale amiri
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Mycale angulosa
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Mycale anomala
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Mycale antiae
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Mycale arctica
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Mycale arenaria
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Mycale arndti
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Mycale aruensis
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Mycale asigmata
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Mycale bidentata
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Mycale bouryesnaultae
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Max. Length 0.3 cm OT
 
Mycale carmigropila
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Mycale cavernosa
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Mycale cecilia
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Max. Length 0.6 cm OT
 
Mycale citrina
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Mycale claudei
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Mycale cleistochela
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Mycale contarenii
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Mycale corallina
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Mycale coronata
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Mycale crassissima
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Mycale cucumis
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Mycale dendyi
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Mycale denticulata
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Mycale diaphana
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Mycale doellojuradoi
[Doello Jurado's sponge]
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Mycale ernsthentscheli
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Mycale ernsti
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Mycale escarlatei
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Mycale euplectelloides
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Mycale fibrexilis
[Flabby sponge]
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Mycale fibrosa
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Mycale fungiaphila
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Mycale furcata
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Mycale gelatinosa
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Mycale grandis
[Orange keyhole sponge]
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Mycale grandoides
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Mycale helios
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Mycale hispida
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Mycale immitis
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Mycale incurvata
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Mycale indica
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Mycale intermedia
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Mycale klausjanusorum
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Max. Length 10 cm BRW
 
Mycale laevis
[Orange icing sponge]
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Max. Length 50 cm H
 
Mycale laxissima
[Strawberry vase sponge]
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Mycale lindbergi
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Mycale lingua
[Furrowed horny sponge]
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Mycale lissochela
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Mycale lobata
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Mycale longistyla
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Mycale loveni
[Loven's horny sponge]
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Mycale macilenta
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Mycale macrosigma
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Mycale madraspatana
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Mycale magellanica
[Magellanic volcano sponge]
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Max. Length 0.5 cm OT
 
Mycale magnirhaphidifera
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Mycale mammiformis
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Mycale mascarenensis
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Mycale massa
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Mycale maunakea
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Mycale mauricei
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Mycale micracanthoxea
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Max. Length 5 cm OT
 
Mycale microsigmatosa
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Mycale minima
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Mycale moluccensis
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Mycale monanchorata
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Mycale monomicrosclera
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Mycale murrayi
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Mycale myriasclera
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Mycale mytilorum
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Mycale obscura
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Mycale oceanica
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Mycale orientalis
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Mycale papillosa
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Mycale parasitica
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Mycale parishi
[Red-brown branching sponge]
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Mycale paschalis
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Mycale pellucida
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Mycale phillipensis
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Mycale phyllophila
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Mycale placoides
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Mycale plumosa
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Mycale prognatha
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Mycale ramulosa
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Mycale renieroides
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Mycale retifera
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Mycale rhaphidotoxa
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Mycale richardsoni
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Mycale rotalis
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Mycale samaaii
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Mycale sceptroides
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Mycale seychellensis
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Mycale sibogae
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Mycale similaris
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Mycale sulevoidea
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Mycale sundaminorensis
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Mycale tenuichela
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Mycale tenuisistrongylata
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Mycale tenuispiculata
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Mycale thaumatochela
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Mycale thielei
[Light yellow chicken-liver sponge]
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Mycale titubans
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Mycale toporoki
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Mycale tridens
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Mycale tubiporicola
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Mycale tydemani
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Mycale tylota
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Mycale tylotornota
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Paresperella psila
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Phlyctaenopora bocagei
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Phlyctaenopora spina
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Wilsa hymena
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Mycale acerata Southeast Pacific, Southw 1907
Mycale adhaerens Smooth scallop sponge Northern Pacific and Nort 1 H 1894
Mycale americana Western Central Atlantic 1984
Mycale amiri Western Central Atlantic 2021
Mycale angulosa Western Central Atlantic. 1864
Mycale anomala Eastern Central Pacific 1886
Mycale antiae Northeast Atlantic 2019
Mycale arctica Arctic 1887
Mycale arenaria Western Central Atlantic 1994
Mycale arndti Western Central Atlantic 1984
Mycale aruensis Western Central Pacific 1912
Mycale asigmata Western Central Pacific 2021
Mycale bidentata Western Central Pacific 1905
Mycale bouryesnaultae Western Central Pacific 2021
Mycale carmigropila Western Central Atlantic 0.3 OT 1998
Mycale cavernosa Western Central Pacific 1965
Mycale cecilia Indo-Pacific and Caribbea 1936
Mycale citrina Western Central Atlantic 0.6 OT 1998
Mycale claudei Western Central Atlantic 2020
Mycale cleistochela Western Central Pacific 1971
Mycale contarenii Northeast Atlantic and Ce 1824
Mycale corallina Western Central Pacific 2016
Mycale coronata Indo-West Pacific. 1926
Mycale crassissima Indo-West Pacific. 1905
Mycale cucumis Indo-West Pacific. 1958
Mycale dendyi Western Central Pacific 1911
Mycale denticulata Antarctic Ocean. 2009
Mycale diaphana Western Central Atlantic 1870
Mycale doellojuradoi Doello Jurado's sponge Southwest Atlantic and So 1940
Mycale ernsthentscheli Southwest Atlantic and So 2020
Mycale ernsti Southwest Atlantic and So 2020
Mycale escarlatei Western Central Atlantic 1995
Mycale euplectelloides Western Central Pacific 1911
Mycale fibrexilis Flabby sponge Northwest Atlantic. 1894
Mycale fibrosa Southern Oceans 1982
Mycale fungiaphila Southern Oceans 2021
Mycale furcata Western Central Pacific 2013
Mycale gelatinosa Western Central Pacific 1884
Mycale grandis Orange keyhole sponge Central Pacific 1867
Mycale grandoides Central Pacific 2021
Mycale helios Arctic and Northern Pacif 1887
Mycale hispida Arctic and Northern Pacif 1893
Mycale immitis Western Central Atlantic. 1870
Mycale incurvata Western Central Pacific. 1993
Mycale indica Indo-West Pacific. 1887
Mycale intermedia Arctic 1874
Mycale klausjanusorum Arctic 2018
Mycale laevis Orange icing sponge Western Central Atlantic 10 BRW 1882
Mycale laxissima Strawberry vase sponge Western Central Atlantic 50 H 1864
Mycale lindbergi Western Central Atlantic 1958
Mycale lingua Furrowed horny sponge Northern Atlantic and the 1866
Mycale lissochela Western Central Pacific 1965
Mycale lobata Western Central Pacific 1866
Mycale longistyla Western Central Pacific 1958
Mycale loveni Loven's horny sponge Northern Pacific and the 1887
Mycale macilenta Northeast Atlantic 1866
Mycale macrosigma Western Central Pacific 1897
Mycale madraspatana Western Central Pacific 1914
Mycale magellanica Magellanic volcano sponge Southwest Atlantic, South 1881
Mycale magnirhaphidifera Western Central Atlantic. 0.5 OT 1984
Mycale mammiformis Antarctic Indian Ocean 1886
Mycale mascarenensis Antarctic Indian Ocean 2021
Mycale massa Atlantic Ocean and the Me 1862
Mycale maunakea Eastern Central Pacific 1951
Mycale mauricei Antarctic Atlantic 2021
Mycale micracanthoxea Northeast Atlantic 1977
Mycale microsigmatosa Western Central Atlantic. 5 OT 1927
Mycale minima Western Central Atlantic. 1880
Mycale moluccensis Western Central Pacific 1903
Mycale monanchorata Western Central Pacific 1932
Mycale monomicrosclera Western Central Pacific 2021
Mycale murrayi Western Central Pacific 1886
Mycale myriasclera Western Central Pacific. 1983
Mycale mytilorum Western Indian Ocean 1914
Mycale obscura Western Central Pacific 1882
Mycale oceanica Indo-West Pacific. 1924
Mycale orientalis Indo-Pacific 1897
Mycale papillosa Indo-Pacific 1959
Mycale parasitica Eastern Indian Ocean 1885
Mycale parishi Red-brown branching sponge Indo-Pacific. 1875
Mycale paschalis Southeast Pacific 1990
Mycale pellucida Western Central Pacific 1884
Mycale phillipensis Western Pacific 1896
Mycale phyllophila Western Pacific 1911
Mycale placoides Western Pacific 1876
Mycale plumosa Indo-West Pacific. 1981
Mycale prognatha Indo-West Pacific. 2021
Mycale ramulosa Eastern Central Pacific 2010
Mycale renieroides Western Central Atlantic 1870
Mycale retifera Western Central Atlantic 1924
Mycale rhaphidotoxa Western Central Pacific 1912
Mycale richardsoni Western Central Pacific 1966
Mycale rotalis Northeast Atlantic 1874
Mycale samaaii Northeast Atlantic 2020
Mycale sceptroides Northeast Atlantic 2021
Mycale seychellensis Northeast Atlantic 2021
Mycale sibogae Northeast Atlantic 2021
Mycale similaris Northeast Atlantic 1874
Mycale sulevoidea Indo-West Pacific. 1902
Mycale sundaminorensis Indo-West Pacific. 2021
Mycale tenuichela Indo-West Pacific. 2021
Mycale tenuisistrongylata Western Central Pacific 1981
Mycale tenuispiculata Western Central Pacific 1905
Mycale thaumatochela Western Central Pacific 1966
Mycale thielei Light yellow chicken-liver sponge Southeast Pacific 1994
Mycale titubans Atlantic Ocean. 1870
Mycale toporoki Atlantic Ocean. 1958
Mycale tridens Atlantic Ocean. 1914
Mycale tubiporicola Atlantic Ocean. 2021
Mycale tydemani Atlantic Ocean. 2021
Mycale tylota Atlantic Ocean. 1958
Mycale tylotornota Antarctic Atlantic 1964
Paresperella psila Antarctic Atlantic 1930
Phlyctaenopora bocagei Western Central Pacific. 1983
Phlyctaenopora spina Western Central Pacific. 2021
Wilsa hymena Western Central Pacific. 1930



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