Mycale is a genus of demosponges with 245 recognised species in 12 subgenera. It has been a large genus with multiple subdivisions since it was first described in 1867.
Species
The following species are recognized in the genus Mycale:
Subgenus Aegogropila <small>Gray, 1867</small>
- Mycale adhaerens <small>(Lambe, 1893)</small>
- Mycale americana <small>van Soest, 1984</small>
- Mycale antiae <small>Urgorri & DÃÂaz-Agras, 2019</small>
- Mycale arndti <small>van Soest, 1984</small>
- Mycale bamfieldensis <small>Reiswig & Kaiser, 1989</small>
- Mycale carmigropila <small>Hajdu & Rützler, 1998</small>
- Mycale cavernosa <small>Bergquist, 1965</small>
- Mycale citrina <small>Hajdu & Rützler, 1998</small>
- Mycale contarenii <small>(Lieberkühn, 1859)</small>
- Mycale corrugata <small>(Bowerbank, 1866)</small>
- Mycale denticulata <small>Bertolino, Calcinai & Pansini, 2009</small>
- Mycale dickinsoni <small>Carballo & Cruz-Barraza, 2010</small>
- Mycale dubia <small>(Czerniavsky, 1880)</small>
- Mycale erythraeana <small>(Row, 1911)</small>
- Mycale escarlatei <small>Hajdu, Zea, Kielman & Peixinho, 1995</small>
- Mycale flagelliformis <small>(Bergquist & Fromont, 1988)</small>
- Mycale furcata <small>Calcinai, Bavestrello, Bertolino, Pica, Wagner & Cerrano, 2013</small>
- Mycale gravelyi <small>Burton, 1937</small>
- Mycale jukdoensis <small>Kang & Sim, 2005</small>
- Mycale kolletae <small>Carballo & Hajdu, 2001</small>
- Mycale lilianae <small>Carballo & Hajdu, 1998</small>
- Mycale magellanica <small>(Ridley, 1881)</small>
- Mycale magnitoxa <small>Carballo & Cruz-Barraza, 2010</small>
- Mycale mannarensis <small>Thomas, 1968</small>
- Mycale nodulosa <small>Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011</small>
- Mycale orientalis <small>(Topsent, 1897)</small>
- Mycale pachysigmata <small>Pulitzer-Finali, 1996</small>
- Mycale parvasigma <small>Hoshino, 1981</small>
- Mycale phillipensis <small>(Dendy, 1896)</small>
- Mycale plumosa <small>sensu Hoshino, 1981</small>
- Mycale porosa <small>(Ridley & Dendy, 1886)</small>
- Mycale prognatha <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale retifera <small>Topsent, 1924</small>
- Mycale rotalis <small>(Bowerbank, 1874)</small>
- Mycale rubra <small>Cedro, Hajdu & Correia, 2013</small>
- Mycale serpens <small>(Lendenfeld, 1888)</small>
- Mycale simonis <small>(Ridley & Dendy, 1886)</small>
- Mycale sulevoidea <small>(Sollas, 1902)</small>
- Mycale syringosimilis <small>Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014</small>
- Mycale syrinx <small>(Schmidt, 1862)</small>
- Mycale tapetum <small>Samaai & Gibbons, 2005</small>
- Mycale tenerifensis <small>Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014</small>
- Mycale textilis <small>(Whitelegge, 1906)</small>
- Mycale tunicata <small>(Schmidt, 1862)</small>
Subgenus Anomomycale <small>Topsent, 1924</small>
Subgenus Arenochalina <small>Lendenfeld, 1887</small>
- Mycale africamucosa <small>Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014</small>
- Mycale anomala <small>(Ridley & Dendy, 1886)</small>
- Mycale aplysilloides <small>(Lendenfeld, 1888)</small>
- Mycale crassa <small>(Dendy, 1896)</small>
- Mycale euplectellioides <small>(Row, 1911)</small>
- Mycale flammula <small>(Lamarck, 1814)</small>
- Mycale imperfecta <small>Baer, 1906</small>
- Mycale incrustans <small>(Burton, 1932)</small>
- Mycale laxissima <small>(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)</small>
- Mycale mirabilis <small>(Lendenfeld, 1887)</small>
- Mycale pluriloba <small>(Lamarck, 1814)</small>
- Mycale rara <small>(Dendy, 1905)</small>
- Mycale regularis <small>Wilson, 1925</small>
- Mycale tenuispiculata <small>(Lamarck, 1814)</small>
- Mycale truncatella <small>(Lendenfeld, 1887)</small>
- Mycale waitei <small>(Whitelegge, 1906)</small>
Subgenus Carmia <small>Gray, 1867</small>
- Mycale amiri <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale atropha <small>Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014</small>
- Mycale babici <small>(Laubenfels, 1936)</small>
- Mycale bolivari <small>Ferrer-Hernandez, 1914</small>
- Mycale carlilei <small>Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2006</small>
- Mycale cecilia <small>Laubenfels, 1936</small>
- Mycale cockburniana <small>Hentschel, 1911</small>
- Mycale confundata <small>(de Laubenfels, 1954)</small>
- Mycale contax <small>(Dickinson, 1945)</small>
- Mycale cucumis <small>Koltun, 1958</small>
- Mycale diminuta <small>SarÃÂ , 1978</small>
- Mycale fascibula <small>(Topsent, 1904)</small>
- Mycale fibrexilis <small>(Wilson, 1894)</small>
- Mycale fistulifera <small>(Row, 1911)</small>
- Mycale fungiaphila <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale fusiformis <small>Lévi, 1960</small>
- Mycale guineensis <small>Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014</small>
- Mycale helios <small>(Fristedt, 1887)</small>
- Mycale hentscheli <small>(Bergquist & Fromont, 1988)</small>
- Mycale hispida <small>(Lambe, 1893)</small>
- Mycale ieoensis <small>Kang, Lee & Kim, 2019</small>
- Mycale jophon <small>(Swartschewsky, 1905)</small>
- Mycale lissochela <small>Bergquist, 1965</small>
- Mycale macilenta <small>(Bowerbank, 1866)</small>
- Mycale madraspatana <small>Annandale, 1914</small>
- Mycale magnirhaphidifera <small>van Soest, 1984</small>
- Mycale maunakea <small>de Laubenfels, 1951</small>
- Mycale micracanthoxea <small>Buizer & van Soest, 1977</small>
- Mycale microsigmatosa <small>Arndt, 1927</small>
- Mycale militaris <small>Annandale, 1914</small>
- Mycale minima <small>(Waller, 1880)</small>
- Mycale monomicrosclera <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale murrayi <small>(Ridley & Dendy, 1886)</small>
- Mycale mytilorum <small>Annandale, 1914</small>
- Mycale nullarosette <small>Hoshino, 1981</small>
- Mycale phyllophila <small>Hentschel, 1911</small>
- Mycale pulvinus <small>Samaai & Gibbons, 2005</small>
- Mycale raphidiophora <small>Hentschel, 1911</small>
- Mycale relicta <small>Annandale, 1924</small>
- Mycale rhaphidotoxa <small>Hentschel, 1912</small>
- Mycale richardsoni <small>Bakus, 1966</small>
- Mycale samaaii <small>Van Soest & Hooper, 2020</small>
- Mycale sanguinea <small>Tsurnamal, 1969</small>
- Mycale senegalensis <small>Lévi, 1952</small>
- Mycale stegoderma <small>(de Laubenfels, 1954)</small>
- Mycale subclavata <small>(Bowerbank, 1866)</small>
- Mycale suezza <small>(Row, 1911)</small>
- Mycale tasmani <small>(Bergquist & Fromont, 1988)</small>
- Mycale tenuichela <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale tenuis <small>SarÃÂ , 1978</small>
- Mycale tenuisinuousitylostyli <small>Hoshino, 1981</small>
- Mycale toxifera <small>(Dendy, 1896)</small>
- Mycale tubiporicola <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale tydemani <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale urizae <small>Carballo & Hajdu, 1998</small>
- Mycale vermistyla <small>Li, 1986</small>
Subgenus Grapelia <small>Gray, 1867</small>
- Mycale ancorina <small>(Whitelegge, 1906)</small>
- Mycale australis <small>(Gray, 1867)</small>
- Mycale burtoni <small>Hajdu, 1995</small>
- Mycale carteri <small>(Dendy & Frederick, 1924)</small>
- Mycale menylloides <small>Hajdu, 1995</small>
- Mycale trichophora <small>(Dendy & Frederick, 1924)</small>
- Mycale unguifera <small>Hajdu, Zea, Kielman & Peixinho, 1995</small>
- Mycale vaceleti <small>Hajdu, 1995</small>
- Mycale vansoesti <small>Hajdu, 1995</small>
Subgenus Kerasemna <small> Pulitzer-Finali, 1982</small>
Subgenus Mycale <small>Gray, 1867</small>
- Mycale alagoana <small>Cedro, Hajdu & Correia, 2011</small>
- Mycale anisochela <small>Lévi, 1963</small>
- Mycale arctica <small>(Fristedt, 1887)</small>
- Mycale arenaria <small>Hajdu & Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1994</small>
- Mycale arenicola <small>(Ridley & Dendy, 1886)</small>
- Mycale armata <small>Thiele, 1903</small>
- Mycale asigmata <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale beatrizae <small>Hajdu & Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1994</small>
- Mycale bouryesnaultae <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale brownorum <small>Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012</small>
- Mycale cartwrighti <small>Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012</small>
- Mycale chujaensis <small>Kang & Sim, 2005</small>
- Mycale crassissima <small>(Dendy, 1905)</small>
- Mycale cylindrica <small>(Whitelegge, 1906)</small>
- Mycale darwini <small>Hajdu & Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1994</small>
- Mycale dendyi <small>(Row, 1911)</small>
- Mycale diaphana <small>(Schmidt, 1870)</small>
- Mycale digitata <small>Bergquist & Tizard, 1867</small>
- Mycale doellojuradoi <small>Burton, 1940</small>
- Mycale ernsthentscheli <small>Van Soest & Hooper, 2020</small>
- Mycale gaussiana <small>Hentschel, 1914</small>
- Mycale gelatinosa <small>(Ridley, 1884)</small>
- Mycale geojensis <small>Sim & Lee, 2001</small>
- Mycale grandis <small>Gray, 1867</small>
- Mycale grandoides <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale immitis <small>(Schmidt, 1870)</small>
- Mycale incurvata <small>Lévi, 1993</small>
- Mycale izuensis <small>Tanita & Hoshino, 1989</small>
- Mycale indica <small>(Carter, 1887)</small>
- Mycale japonica <small>Koltun, 1959</small>
- Mycale jasoniae <small>Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2006</small>
- Mycale laevis <small>(Carter, 1882)</small>
- Mycale lapidiformis <small>(Ridley & Dendy, 1886)</small>
- Mycale lindbergi <small>Koltun, 1958</small>
- Mycale lingua <small>(Bowerbank, 1866)</small>
- Mycale lobos <small>Turner & Lonhart, 2023</small>
- Mycale longistyla <small>Koltun, 1958</small>
- Mycale lorea <small>Dinn et. al., 2023</small>
- Mycale loveni <small>(Fristedt, 1887)</small>
- Mycale macginitiei <small>de Laubenfels, 1930</small>
- Mycale mammiformis <small>(Ridley & Dendy, 1886)</small>
- Mycale massa <small>(Schmidt, 1862)</small>
- Mycale mauricei <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale meridionalis <small>Lévi, 1963</small>
- Mycale multisclera <small>Pulitzer-Finali, 1993</small>
- Mycale myriasclera <small>Lévi & Lévi, 1983</small>
- Mycale novaezealandiae <small>Dendy, 1924</small>
- Mycale ochotensis <small>Koltun, 1959</small>
- Mycale paschalis <small>Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1990</small>
- Mycale profunda <small>Koltun, 1964</small>
- Mycale quadripartita <small>Boury-Esnault, 1973</small>
- Mycale salvadorensis <small>Mácola, Nascimento, Pinheiro, Neves & Johnson, 2025</small>
- Mycale sundaminorensis <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale thielei <small>Hajdu & Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1994</small>
- Mycale toporoki <small>Koltun, 1958</small>
- Mycale topsenti <small>Burton, 1959</small>
- Mycale trichela <small>Lévi, 1963</small>
- Mycale tridens <small>Hentschel, 1914</small>
- Mycale tylota <small>Koltun, 1958</small>
Subgenus Naviculina <small>Gray, 1867</small>
- Mycale arcuiris <small>Lerner & Hajdu, 2002</small>
- Mycale chungae <small>Lerner & Hajdu, 2002</small>
- Mycale cleistochela <small>Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971</small>
- Mycale cliftoni <small>(Gray, 1867)</small>
- Mycale cruzi <small>Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014</small>
- Mycale diastrophochela <small>Lévi, 1969</small>
- Mycale diversisigmata <small>(van Soest, 1984)</small>
- Mycale mascarenensis <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale microxea <small>Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976</small>
- Mycale neunggulensis <small>Sim & Kang, 2004</small>
- Mycale obscura <small>(Carter, 1882)</small>
- Mycale oxeata <small>Mácola, Nascimento, Pinheiro, Neves & Johnson, 2025</small>
- Mycale purpurata <small>Lerner & Hajdu, 2002</small>
- Mycale thaumatochela <small>Lundbeck, 1905</small>
- Mycale ulleungensis <small>Sim & Kang, 2004</small>
Subgenus Oxymycale <small>Hentschel, 1929</small>
Subgenus Paresperella <small>Dendy, 1905</small>
- Mycale atlantica <small>Stephens, 1917</small>
- Mycale claudei <small>Van Soest & Hooper, 2020</small>
- Mycale curvisigma <small>(Lévi, 1969)</small>
- Mycale dentata <small>SarÃÂ , 1958</small>
- Mycale janvermeuleni <small>Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014</small>
- Mycale levii <small>(Uriz, 1987)</small>
- Mycale macrosigma <small>(Lindgren, 1897)</small>
- Mycale microsigma <small>(Bergquist & Fromont, 1988)</small>
- Mycale moluccensis <small>(Thiele, 1903)</small>
- Mycale penicillium <small>(Lendenfeld, 1888)</small>
- Mycale policuspidifera <small>Mácola, Nascimento, Pinheiro, Neves & Johnson, 2025</small>
- Mycale psila <small>(de Laubenfels, 1930)</small>
- Mycale sceptroides <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale serratohamata <small>(Carter, 1880)</small>
- Mycale serrulata <small>SarÃÂ & Siribelli, 1960</small>
- Mycale seychellensis <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale spinosigma <small>(Boury-Esnault, 1973)</small>
- Mycale undulata <small>(Tanita, 1968)</small>
- Mycale vitellina <small>van Soest, 2009</small>
Subgenus Rhaphidotheca <small>Kent, 1870</small>
Subgenus Zygomycale <small>Topsent, 1930</small>
- Mycale angulosa <small>(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)</small>
- Mycale isochela <small>Hentschel, 1911</small>
- Mycale odoya <small>Mácola, Nascimento, Pinheiro, Neves & Johnson, 2025</small>
- Mycale parishii <small>(Bowerbank, 1875)</small>
- Mycale pectinicola <small>Hentschel, 1911</small>
- Mycale ramulosa <small>Carballo & Cruz-Barrazo, 2010</small>
- Mycale sibogae <small>Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021</small>
- Mycale sierraleonensis <small>Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014</small>
Subgenus unassigned
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