NARMS taxon details
Mycale Gray, 1867
131907 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131907)
accepted
Genus
- Subgenus Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867
- Species Mycale (Aegogropila) adhaerens (Lambe, 1893)
- Species Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859)
- Species Mycale (Aegogropila) corrugata (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Species Mycale (Aegogropila) dubia (Czerniavsky, 1880)
- Species Mycale (Aegogropila) retifera Topsent, 1924
- Species Mycale (Aegogropila) rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874)
- Species Mycale (Aegogropila) syrinx (Schmidt, 1862)
- Species Mycale (Aegogropila) tunicata (Schmidt, 1862)
- Species Mycale (Aegogropila) irregularis (Czerniavsky, 1880) accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) (junior synonym)
- Subgenus Mycale (Anomomycale) Topsent, 1924
- Subgenus Mycale (Carmia) Gray, 1867
- Species Mycale (Carmia) bolivari Ferrer Hernández, 1914
- Species Mycale (Carmia) fascibula (Topsent, 1904)
- Species Mycale (Carmia) fibrexilis (Wilson, 1894)
- Species Mycale (Carmia) helios (Fristedt, 1887)
- Species Mycale (Carmia) macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Species Mycale (Carmia) micracanthoxea Buizer & van Soest, 1977
- Species Mycale (Carmia) minima (Waller, 1880)
- Species Mycale (Carmia) sanguinea Tsurnamal, 1969
- Species Mycale (Carmia) subclavata (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Species Mycale (Carmia) papillosa Koltun, 1959 represented as Mycale (Carmia) papillosa papillosa Koltun, 1959 (subspecies assignment)
- Subgenus Mycale (Mycale) Gray, 1867
- Species Mycale (Mycale) arctica (Fristedt, 1887)
- Species Mycale (Mycale) lindbergi Koltun, 1958
- Species Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Species Mycale (Mycale) loveni (Fristedt, 1887)
- Species Mycale (Mycale) massa (Schmidt, 1862)
- Species Mycale (Mycale) toporoki Koltun, 1958
- Species Mycale (Mycale) tylota Koltun, 1958
- Subgenus Mycale (Naviculina) Gray, 1867
- Subgenus Mycale (Oxymycale) Hentschel, 1929
- Subgenus Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905
- Subgenus Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) Kent, 1870
- Species Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) ernsti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
- Species Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) loricata (Topsent, 1896)
- Species Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) marshallhalli (Kent, 1870)
- Species Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) arctica (Hentschel, 1929) accepted as Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) ernsti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (precoccupied)
- Subgenus Mycale (Gomphostegia) Topsent, 1896 accepted as Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) Kent, 1870 (junior synonym)
- Species Mycale (Gomphostegia) loricata (Topsent, 1896) accepted as Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) loricata (Topsent, 1896) (subgenus transfer)
- Species Mycale albicans (Topsent, 1892) accepted as Mycale (Carmia) subclavata (Bowerbank, 1866) (junior synonym)
- Species Mycale borassus (Carter, 1876) accepted as Mycale (Mycale) massa (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Species Mycale bowerbanki (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) tunicata (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Species Mycale contareni accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) (misspelling of species name and subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale fibrexilis (Wilson, 1894) accepted as Mycale (Carmia) fibrexilis (Wilson, 1894)
- Species Mycale foraminosa (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) (junior synonym)
- Species Mycale hamata (Topsent, 1892) accepted as Mycale (Carmia) macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866) (junior synonym)
- Species Mycale irregularis (Czerniavsky, 1880) accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) (junior synonym)
- Species Mycale lanugo (Schmidt, 1875) accepted as Amphilectus ovulum (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Mycale lobata (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Amphilectus ovulum (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer and preoccupied)
- Species Mycale mollis (Topsent, 1892) accepted as Mycale (Carmia) subclavata (Bowerbank, 1866) (junior synonym)
- Species Mycale ovulum (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Amphilectus ovulum (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer)
- Species Mycale placoides (Carter, 1876) accepted as Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866) (subgenus assignment & junior synonym)
- Species Mycale similaris (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Mycale (Carmia) subclavata (Bowerbank, 1866) (junior synonym)
- Species Mycale strelnikovi Rezvoi, 1924 accepted as Protosuberites capillitium (Topsent, 1892) (wrongly assigned to genus Mycale)
- Species Mycale tuberosa (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) tunicata (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Species Mycale varpachovskii (Swartschewsky, 1906) accepted as Mycale (Naviculina) thaumatochela Lundbeck, 1905 (junior synonym)
- Species Mycale velutata (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Desmacella velutata (Renier, 1807) (genus transfer)
- Species Mycale vosmaeri (Levinsen, 1887) accepted as Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866) (junior synonym)
- Species Mycale adhaerens (Lambe, 1893) represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) adhaerens (Lambe, 1893) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale arctica (Fristedt, 1887) represented as Mycale (Mycale) arctica (Fristedt, 1887) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale bolivari Ferrer Hernández, 1914 represented as Mycale (Carmia) bolivari Ferrer Hernández, 1914 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale corrugata (Bowerbank, 1866) represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) corrugata (Bowerbank, 1866) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale dentata Sarà, 1958 represented as Mycale (Paresperella) dentata Sarà, 1958 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale dubia (Czerniavsky, 1880) represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) dubia (Czerniavsky, 1880) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale fascibula (Topsent, 1904) represented as Mycale (Carmia) fascibula (Topsent, 1904) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale helios (Fristedt, 1887) represented as Mycale (Carmia) helios (Fristedt, 1887) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale lindbergi Koltun, 1958 represented as Mycale (Mycale) lindbergi Koltun, 1958 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale lingua (Bowerbank, 1866) represented as Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866) represented as Mycale (Carmia) macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866) (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 micracanthoxea Buizer & van Soest, 1977 represented as Mycale (Carmia) micracanthoxea Buizer & van Soest, 1977 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale minima (Waller, 1880) represented as Mycale (Carmia) minima (Waller, 1880) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale papillosa Koltun, 1959 represented as Mycale (Carmia) papillosa Koltun, 1959 represented as Mycale (Carmia) papillosa papillosa Koltun, 1959 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale retifera Topsent, 1924 represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) retifera Topsent, 1924 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874) represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale sanguinea Tsurnamal, 1969 represented as Mycale (Carmia) sanguinea Tsurnamal, 1969 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale serrulata Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 represented as Mycale (Paresperella) serrulata Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale subclavata (Bowerbank, 1866) represented as Mycale (Carmia) subclavata (Bowerbank, 1866) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale syrinx (Schmidt, 1862) represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) syrinx (Schmidt, 1862) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale titubans (Schmidt, 1870) represented as Mycale (Anomomycale) titubans (Schmidt, 1870) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale toporoki Koltun, 1958 represented as Mycale (Mycale) toporoki Koltun, 1958 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale tunicata (Schmidt, 1862) represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) tunicata (Schmidt, 1862) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale tylota Koltun, 1958 represented as Mycale (Mycale) tylota Koltun, 1958 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Mycale lobimana (Czerniavsky, 1880) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Mycale muscoides (Czerniavsky, 1880) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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] 
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: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131907 on 2025-03-17
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Mycale Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=131907 on 2025-03-17
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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




