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Mycale (sponge)
Genus of sponges / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mycale is a genus of demosponge with 240 recognised species in 11 subgenera.[1] It has been a large genus with multiple subdivisions since it was first described in 1867.[2]
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Mycale | |
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Orange Icing Sponge (Mycale laevis) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Poecilosclerida |
Family: | Mycalidae |
Genus: | Mycale Gray, 1867[1] |
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