Deep-Sea taxon details
Mycale Gray, 1867
131907 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131907)
accepted
Genus
- Subgenus Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867
- Subgenus Mycale (Anomomycale) Topsent, 1924
- Subgenus Mycale (Carmia) Gray, 1867
- Subgenus Mycale (Mycale) Gray, 1867
- Species Mycale (Mycale) bouryesnaultae Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021
- Species Mycale (Mycale) incurvata Lévi, 1993
- Species Mycale (Mycale) lapidiformis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
- Species Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Species Mycale (Mycale) lorea Dinn, Ott, Marmen, Steeves, Côté, Hayes, Nozères, Everett, Powell & Chu, 2023
- Species Mycale (Mycale) loveni (Fristedt, 1887)
- Species Mycale (Mycale) mammiformis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
- Species Mycale (Mycale) massa (Schmidt, 1862)
- Species Mycale (Mycale) profunda Koltun, 1964
- Species Mycale (Mycale) sundaminorensis Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021
- Species Mycale (Mycale) topsenti Burton, 1959
- Species Mycale (Mycale) tridens Hentschel, 1914
- Species Mycale (Mycale) oceanica (Topsent, 1924) accepted as Mycale (Mycale) massa (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Subgenus Mycale (Oxymycale) Hentschel, 1929
- Subgenus Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905
- Subgenus Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) Kent, 1870
- Species Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) coronata (Dendy, 1926)
- Species Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) ernsti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
- Species Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) loricata (Topsent, 1896)
- Species Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) marshallhalli (Kent, 1870)
- Species Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) verdensis Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014
- Species Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) arctica (Hentschel, 1929) accepted as Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) ernsti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (precoccupied)
- Species Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) rhopalophora (Schmidt, 1875) accepted as Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) marshallhalli (Kent, 1870) (junior synonym)
- Species Mycale bellabellensis (Lambe, 1905) accepted as Mycale (Mycale) loveni (Fristedt, 1887) (junior synonym)
- Species Mycale placoides (Carter, 1876) accepted as Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866) (subgenus assignment & junior synonym)
- Species Mycale acerata Kirkpatrick, 1907 represented as Mycale (Oxymycale) acerata Kirkpatrick, 1907 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale fascibula (Topsent, 1904) represented as Mycale (Carmia) fascibula (Topsent, 1904) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale gaussiana Hentschel, 1914 represented as Mycale (Carmia) gaussiana Hentschel, 1914 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale incurvata Lévi, 1993 represented as Mycale (Mycale) incurvata Lévi, 1993 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale lingua (Bowerbank, 1866) represented as Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale loveni (Fristedt, 1887) represented as Mycale (Mycale) loveni (Fristedt, 1887) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale magellanica (Ridley, 1881) represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) magellanica (Ridley, 1881) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale mammiformis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) represented as Mycale (Mycale) mammiformis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale marshallhalli (Kent, 1870) represented as Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) marshallhalli (Kent, 1870) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale massa (Schmidt, 1862) represented as Mycale (Mycale) massa (Schmidt, 1862) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale profunda Koltun, 1964 represented as Mycale (Mycale) profunda Koltun, 1964 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale titubans (Schmidt, 1870) represented as Mycale (Anomomycale) titubans (Schmidt, 1870) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale tridens Hentschel, 1914 represented as Mycale (Mycale) tridens Hentschel, 1914 (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] 
Taxonomy Species of Mycale are assigned to one of 11 subgenera wherever possible, but in quite a few cases either the description or...
Taxonomy Species of Mycale are assigned to one of 11 subgenera wherever possible, but in quite a few cases either the description or the type material is insufficient for subgenus assignment. In a few cases, neither material nor descriptions were available to the editors. [details]
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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Mycale Gray, 1867. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131907 on 2025-03-07
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Mycale Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131907 on 2025-03-07
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Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] 
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. <i>In</i>: 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). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
redescription Topsent, E. (1924). Révision des Mycales de l'Europe occidentale. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 1(3): 77-118. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. <i>In</i>: 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). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

redescription Topsent, E. (1924). Révision des Mycales de l'Europe occidentale. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 1(3): 77-118. [details] Available for editors





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Taxonomy Species of Mycale are assigned to one of 11 subgenera wherever possible, but in quite a few cases either the description or the type material is insufficient for subgenus assignment. In a few cases, neither material nor descriptions were available to the editors. [details]
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Japanese | ミカーレカイメン属 | [details] |