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.
Species
The following species are recognized in the genus Mycale:
Subgenus Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867
Mycale (Aegogropila) adhaerens (Lambe, 1893) Mycale (Aegogropila) americana van Soest, 1984 Mycale (Aegogropila) antiae Urgorri & Díaz-Agras, 2019 Mycale (Aegogropila) arndti van Soest, 1984 Mycale (Aegogropila) bamfieldensis Reiswig & Kaiser, 1989 Mycale (Aegogropila) carmigropila Hajdu & Rützler, 1998 Mycale (Aegogropila) cavernosa Bergquist, 1965 Mycale (Aegogropila) citrina Hajdu & Rützler, 1998 Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) Mycale (Aegogropila) crassissima (Dendy, 1905) Mycale (Aegogropila) denticulata Bertolino, Calcinai & Pansini, 2009 Mycale (Aegogropila) dickinsoni Carballo & Cruz-Barraza, 2010 Mycale (Aegogropila) dubia (Czerniavsky, 1880) Mycale (Aegogropila) escarlatei Hajdu, Zea, Kielman & Peixinho, 1995 Mycale (Aegogropila) flagelliformis (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) Mycale (Aegogropila) furcata Calcinai, Bavestrello, Bertolino, Pica, Wagner & Cerrano, 2013 Mycale (Aegogropila) jukdoensis Kang & Sim, 2005 Mycale (Aegogropila) kolletae Carballo & Hajdu, 2001 Mycale (Aegogropila) lilianae Carballo & Hajdu, 1998 Mycale (Aegogropila) magellanica (Ridley, 1881) Mycale (Aegogropila) magnitoxa Carballo & Cruz-Barraza, 2010 Mycale (Aegogropila) meridionalis Lévi, 1963 Mycale (Aegogropila) militaris Annandale, 1914 Mycale (Aegogropila) nodulosa Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011 Mycale (Aegogropila) pachysigmata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Mycale (Aegogropila) parvasigma Hoshino, 1981 Mycale (Aegogropila) pellucida (Ridley, 1884) Mycale (Aegogropila) phillipensis (Dendy, 1896) Mycale (Aegogropila) plumosa sensu Hoshino, 1981 Mycale (Aegogropila) porosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Mycale (Aegogropila) retifera Topsent, 1924 Mycale (Aegogropila) rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874) Mycale (Aegogropila) rubra Cedro, Hajdu & Correia, 2013 Mycale (Aegogropila) serpens (Lendenfeld, 1888) Mycale (Aegogropila) simonis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Mycale (Aegogropila) sulevoidea (Sollas, 1902) Mycale (Aegogropila) syringosimilis Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014 Mycale (Aegogropila) syrinx (Schmidt, 1862) Mycale (Aegogropila) tapetum Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 Mycale (Aegogropila) tenerifensis Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014 Mycale (Aegogropila) tunicata (Schmidt, 1862) Subgenus Mycale (Anomomycale) Topsent, 1924 Mycale (Anomomycale) titubans (Schmidt, 1870) Subgenus Mycale (Arenochalina) Lendenfeld, 1887 Mycale (Arenochalina) africamucosa Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014 Mycale (Arenochalina) anomala (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Mycale (Arenochalina) aplysilloides (Lendenfeld, 1888) Mycale (Arenochalina) euplectellioides (Row, 1911) Mycale (Arenochalina) flammula (Lamarck, 1814) Mycale (Arenochalina) incrustans (Burton, 1932) Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Mycale (Arenochalina) mirabilis (Lendenfeld, 1887) Mycale (Arenochalina) pluriloba (Lamarck, 1814) Mycale (Arenochalina) setosa (Keller, 1889) Mycale (Arenochalina) tenuityla (Pulitzer-Finali, 1982) Mycale (Arenochalina) trincomaliensis Rao, 1941 Mycale (Arenochalina) truncatella (Lendenfeld, 1887) Subgenus Mycale (Carmia) Gray, 1867 Mycale (Carmia) atropha Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014 Mycale (Carmia) babici (Laubenfels, 1936) Mycale (Carmia) bolivari Ferrer-Hernandez, 1914 Mycale (Carmia) carlilei Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2006 Mycale (Carmia) cecilia Laubenfels, 1936 Mycale (Carmia) cockburniana Hentschel, 1911 Mycale (Carmia) confundata (de Laubenfels, 1954) Mycale (Carmia) contax (Dickinson, 1945) Mycale (Carmia) crassa (Dendy, 1896) Mycale (Carmia) cucumis Koltun, 1958 Mycale (Carmia) digitata Bergquist & Tizard, 1967 Mycale (Carmia) diminuta Sarà, 1978 Mycale (Carmia) ernsthentscheli Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 Mycale (Carmia) erythraeana (Row, 1911) Mycale (Carmia) fascibula (Topsent, 1904) Mycale (Carmia) fibrexilis (Wilson, 1894) Mycale (Carmia) fistulifera (Row, 1911) Mycale (Carmia) fusiformis Lévi, 1960 Mycale (Carmia) gaussiana Hentschel, 1914 Mycale (Carmia) guineensis Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014 Mycale (Carmia) helios (Fristedt, 1887) Mycale (Carmia) hentscheli (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) Mycale (Carmia) hispida (Lambe, 1893) Mycale (Carmia) lissochela Bergquist, 1965 Mycale (Carmia) macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866) Mycale (Carmia) magnirhaphidifera van Soest, 1984 Mycale (Carmia) micracanthoxea Buizer & van Soest, 1977 Mycale (Carmia) microsigmatosa Arndt, 1927 Mycale (Carmia) microxea Va