NARMS taxon details
Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905
- Genus Mycale Gray, 1867
- Genus Phlyctaenopora Topsent, 1904
- Genus Aegogropila Gray, 1867 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867 (subgenus transfer)
- Genus Esperella Vosmaer, 1887 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
- Genus Esperia Nardo, 1833 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867 (preoccupied)
- Genus Gomphostegia Topsent, 1896 accepted as Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) Kent, 1870 (junior synonym)
- Genus Paresperella Dendy, 1905 accepted as Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
- Genus Raphiodesma Bowerbank, 1874 accepted as Mycale (Mycale) Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
- Genus Rhaphidotheca Kent, 1870 accepted as Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) Kent, 1870 (subgenus transfer)
- Genus Protoesperia Czerniavsky, 1880 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lundbeck, W. (1905). Porifera. (Part II.) Desmacidonidae. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 6(2):1-219. [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131649 on 2025-05-10
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=131649 on 2025-05-10
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Lundbeck, W. (1905). Porifera. (Part II.) Desmacidonidae. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 6(2):1-219. [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 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]
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 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
