Mycalidae
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Mycalidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Poecilosclerida |
| Suborder: | Mycalina |
| Family: | Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905 [1] |
| Genera | |
|
| |
Mycalidae is a family of marine demosponges.
Genera
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 Mycale or Phlyctaenopora: [1]
- Genus Mycale Gray, 1867
- Subgenus Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867 - About 37 species.
- Subgenus Mycale (Anomomycale) Topsent, 1924 - Monotypic.
- Species Mycale (Anomomycale) titubans (Schmidt, 1870)
- Subgenus Mycale (Arenochalina) Lendenfeld, 1887 - About 13 species.
- Subgenus Mycale (Carmia) Gray, 1867 - About 46 species.
- Subgenus Mycale (Grapelia) Gray, 1867 - About 9 species.
- Subgenus Mycale (Mycale) Gray, 1867 - About 45 species.
- Species Mycale (Mycale) grandis Gray, 1867
- Subgenus Mycale (Naviculina) Gray, 1867 - About 11 species.
- Subgenus Mycale (Oxymycale) Hentschel, 1929 - About 9 species.
- Subgenus Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905 - About 18 species.
- Subgenus Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) Kent, 1870 - About 4 species.
- Subgenus Mycale (Zygomycale) Topsent, 1931 - About 3 species.
- Unallocated Mycale: About 33 species.
- Genus Phlyctaenopora Topsent, 1904
- Subgenus Phlyctaenopora (Barbozia) Dendy, 1922 - 2 species.
- Species Phlyctaenopora (Barbozia) bocagei Lévi & Lévi, 1983
- Species Phlyctaenopora (Barbozia) primitiva (Dendy, 1922)
- Subgenus Phlyctaenopora (Phlyctaenopora) Topsent, 1904 - 2 species.
- Species Phlyctaenopora (Phlyctaenopora) bitorquis Topsent, 1904
- Species Phlyctaenopora (Phlyctaenopora) halichondrioides van Soest & Stentoft, 1988
- Subgenus Phlyctaenopora (Barbozia) Dendy, 1922 - 2 species.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 van Soest, Rob (2010). "Mycalidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.