Mycalidae

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 the remaining two genera, Mycale and Phlyctaenopora: 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. 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