Mycale (sponge)
| Mycale | |
|---|---|
| Orange Icing Sponge (Mycale laevis) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Poecilosclerida |
| Family: | Mycalidae |
| Genus: | Mycale Gray, 1867 |
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Mycale is a genus of demosponge with 240 recognised species in 11 subgenera. It has been a large genus with multiple subdivisions since it was first described in 1867.