Hemimycale Burton, 1934

Fernandez, Julio C. C., Zapata-Hernández, Germán, Sellanes, Javier & Hajdu, Eduardo, 2025, Description of two new species of sponges (Demospongiae, Porifera) from the Nazca Desventuradas Marine Park and overview on diversity and biogeography of poriferans in oceanic islands of the SE Pacific, Zootaxa 5659 (3), pp. 301-334 : 310

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scientific name	Hemimycale Burton, 1934
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Genus Hemimycale Burton, 1934 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Hymedesmiidae without acanthostyles and microscleres other than raphides. Megascleres strongyles, oxeas and styles. Styles and strongyles not divisible into ectosomal or choanosomal spicules. Oxeas when present are in the choanosome only (from Hughenin et al. 2018: 140).

Type species. Desmacidon columella Bowerbank, 1874 (type by original designation); currently accepted as Hemimycale columella ( Bowerbank, 1874) ( van Soest 2002b) View in CoL .

Type locality. Exmouth , England, in tidal pools ( van Soest 2002b) .