NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Mycalidae
  Suborder - Mycalina
  Order - Poecilosclerida
  Class - Demospongiae
  Phylum - Porifera
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mycale adhaerens
      Species - Mycale cucumis
      Species - Mycale helios
      Species - Mycale hispida
      Species - Mycale lingua
      Species - Mycale lobata
      Species - Mycale loveni
      Species - Mycale lindbergi
      Species - Mycale longistyla
      Species - Mycale papillosa
      Species - Mycale richardsoni
      Species - Mycale thaumatochela
      Species - Mycale toporoki
      Species - Mycale tylota
      Species - Mycale cecilia
      Species - Mycale angulosa
      Species - Mycale fibrexilis
      Species - Mycale ovulum
      Species - Mycale contarenii
      Species - Mycale macilenta
      Species - Mycale massa
      Species - Mycale micracanthoxea
      Species - Mycale minima
      Species - Mycale placoides
      Species - Mycale retifera
      Species - Mycale rostalis
      Species - Mycale similaris
      Subgenus - Mycale (Aegogropila)
      Subgenus - Mycale (Anomomycale)
      Subgenus - Mycale (Arenochalina)
      Subgenus - Mycale (Carmia)
      Subgenus - Mycale (Grapelia)
      Subgenus - Mycale (Mycale)
      Subgenus - Mycale (Naviculina)
      Subgenus - Mycale (Oxymycale)
      Subgenus - Mycale (Paresperella)
      Subgenus - Mycale (Rhaphidotheca)
      Subgenus - Mycale (Zygomycale)