Species Identification
Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Mycalidae

Genus: Mycale

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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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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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