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Family: Mycalidae (See list of species below)

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76 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Mycale acerata []	No picture found Mycale adhaerens [Smooth scallop sponge]	No picture found Mycale americana []
No picture found Mycale angulosa []	No picture found Mycale anomala []	No picture found Mycale antiae []
No picture found Mycale arctica []	No picture found Mycale arenaria []	No picture found Mycale arndti []
No picture found Mycale aruensis []	No picture found Mycale bidentata []	No picture found Mycale carmigropila []
No picture found Mycale cavernosa []	No picture found Mycale cecilia []	No picture found Mycale citrina []
No picture found Mycale cleistochela []	No picture found Mycale contarenii []	No picture found Mycale corallina []
No picture found Mycale coronata []	No picture found Mycale crassissima []	No picture found Mycale dendyi []
No picture found Mycale denticulata []	No picture found Mycale diaphana []	No picture found Mycale doellojuradoi [Doello Jurado's sponge]
No picture found Mycale escarlatei []	No picture found Mycale euplectelloides []	No picture found Mycale fibrosa []
No picture found Mycale furcata []	No picture found Mycale gelatinosa []	No picture found Mycale grandis [Orange keyhole sponge]
No picture found Mycale helios []	No picture found Mycale immitis []	No picture found Mycale incurvata []
No picture found Mycale indica []	No picture found Mycale intermedia []	No picture found Mycale laevis [Orange icing sponge]
No picture found Mycale laxissima [Strawberry vase sponge]	No picture found Mycale lingua [Furrowed horny sponge]	No picture found Mycale lissochela []
No picture found Mycale loveni [Loven's horny sponge]	No picture found Mycale macilenta []	No picture found Mycale macrosigma []
No picture found Mycale madraspatana []	No picture found Mycale magellanica [Magellanic volcano sponge]	No picture found Mycale magnirhaphidifera []
No picture found Mycale mammiformis []	No picture found Mycale massa []	No picture found Mycale maunakea []
No picture found Mycale mauricei []	No picture found Mycale micracanthoxea []	No picture found Mycale microsigmatosa []
No picture found Mycale moluccensis []	No picture found Mycale monanchorata []	No picture found Mycale murrayi []
No picture found Mycale myriasclera []	No picture found Mycale mytilorum []	No picture found Mycale obscura []
No picture found Mycale oceanica []	No picture found Mycale orientalis []	No picture found Mycale parasitica []
No picture found Mycale parishi [Red-brown branching sponge]	No picture found Mycale paschalis []	No picture found Mycale pellucida []
No picture found Mycale phillipensis []	No picture found Mycale phyllophila []	No picture found Mycale plumosa []
No picture found Mycale renieroides []	No picture found Mycale rhaphidotoxa []	No picture found Mycale rotalis []
No picture found Mycale sulevoidea []	No picture found Mycale tenuisistrongylata []	No picture found Mycale tenuispiculata []
No picture found Mycale thielei [Light yellow chicken-liver sponge]	No picture found Mycale titubans []	No picture found Mycale tylotornota []
No picture found Phlyctaenopora bocagei []

76 Species of Family Mycalidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Mycale acerata		Southeast Pacific, Southw
Mycale adhaerens	Smooth scallop sponge	Northern Pacific and Nort	1 H
Mycale americana		Western Central Atlantic
Mycale angulosa		Western Central Atlantic.
Mycale anomala		Eastern Central Pacific
Mycale antiae		Northeast Atlantic
Mycale arctica		Arctic
Mycale arenaria		Western Central Atlantic
Mycale arndti		Western Central Atlantic
Mycale aruensis		Western Central Pacific
Mycale bidentata		Western Central Pacific
Mycale carmigropila		Western Central Atlantic	0.3 OT
Mycale cavernosa		Western Central Pacific
Mycale cecilia		Indo-Pacific and Caribbea
Mycale citrina		Western Central Atlantic	0.6 OT
Mycale cleistochela		Western Central Pacific
Mycale contarenii		Northeast Atlantic and Ce
Mycale corallina		Western Central Pacific
Mycale coronata		Indo-West Pacific.
Mycale crassissima		Indo-West Pacific.
Mycale dendyi		Western Central Pacific
Mycale denticulata		Antarctic Ocean.
Mycale diaphana		Western Central Atlantic
Mycale doellojuradoi	Doello Jurado's sponge	Southwest Atlantic and So
Mycale escarlatei		Western Central Atlantic
Mycale euplectelloides		Western Central Pacific
Mycale fibrosa		Southern Oceans
Mycale furcata		Western Central Pacific
Mycale gelatinosa		Western Central Pacific
Mycale grandis	Orange keyhole sponge	Central Pacific
Mycale helios		Arctic and Northern Pacif
Mycale immitis		Western Central Atlantic.
Mycale incurvata		Western Central Pacific.
Mycale indica		Indo-West Pacific.
Mycale intermedia		Arctic
Mycale laevis	Orange icing sponge	Western Central Atlantic	10 BRW
Mycale laxissima	Strawberry vase sponge	Western Central Atlantic	50 H
Mycale lingua	Furrowed horny sponge	Northern Atlantic and the
Mycale lissochela		Western Central Pacific
Mycale loveni	Loven's horny sponge	Northern Pacific and the
Mycale macilenta		Northeast Atlantic
Mycale macrosigma		Western Central Pacific
Mycale madraspatana		Western Central Pacific
Mycale magellanica	Magellanic volcano sponge	Southwest Atlantic, South
Mycale magnirhaphidifera		Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 OT
Mycale mammiformis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Mycale massa		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Mycale maunakea		Eastern Central Pacific
Mycale mauricei		Antarctic Atlantic
Mycale micracanthoxea		Northeast Atlantic
Mycale microsigmatosa		Western Central Atlantic.	5 OT
Mycale moluccensis		Western Central Pacific
Mycale monanchorata		Western Central Pacific
Mycale murrayi		Western Central Pacific
Mycale myriasclera		Western Central Pacific.
Mycale mytilorum		Western Indian Ocean
Mycale obscura		Western Central Pacific
Mycale oceanica		Indo-West Pacific.
Mycale orientalis		Indo-Pacific
Mycale parasitica		Eastern Indian Ocean
Mycale parishi	Red-brown branching sponge	Indo-Pacific.
Mycale paschalis		Southeast Pacific
Mycale pellucida		Western Central Pacific
Mycale phillipensis		Western Pacific
Mycale phyllophila		Western Pacific
Mycale plumosa		Indo-West Pacific.
Mycale renieroides		Western Central Atlantic
Mycale rhaphidotoxa		Western Central Pacific
Mycale rotalis		Northeast Atlantic
Mycale sulevoidea		Indo-West Pacific.
Mycale tenuisistrongylata		Western Central Pacific
Mycale tenuispiculata		Western Central Pacific
Mycale thielei	Light yellow chicken-liver sponge	Southeast Pacific
Mycale titubans		Atlantic Ocean.
Mycale tylotornota		Antarctic Atlantic
Phlyctaenopora bocagei		Western Central Pacific.

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