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Mycalidae

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Mycalidae
Orange Icing Sponge (Mycale laevis) growing on a coral reef
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Mycalidae
Lundbeck, 1905 [1]
Genera
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Synonyms
  • Arenochalininae Lendenfeld, 1888
  • Esperellinae Ridley & Dendy, 1887
  • Esperiadae Gray, 1867

Mycalidae is a family of marine demosponges.

Genera

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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]

References

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