Synonymy

• Esperiadae Gray, 1867: 531 [nomen oblitum]
• Esperina Ridley & Dendy, 1886: 337 [nomen oblitum]
• Esperellinae Ridley & Dendy, 1887: 62 [nomen oblitum]
• Arenochalininae Lendenfeld, 1888: 103 [nomen oblitum]
• Mycalinae Lundbeck, 1905: 7 [as subfamilia of Desmacidonidae]
• Mycalidae — Lévi, 1973 [elevate to familia]

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1867. Notes on the arrangement of sponges, with the descriptions of some new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492–558. BHL Reference page. 

• Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 5 18: 325–351 (Part I: BHL); 470–493 (Part II: BHL) Reference page. 

• Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1887. Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology 20(part 59): i–lxviii + 1–275, pls. 1–51. BHL Reference page. 

• Lendenfeld R. von. 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. Taylor & Francis: London. i–xiv + 1–260, pls 1–12. BHL Reference page. 

• Lundbeck, W. 1905. Porifera. (Part II.) Desmacidonidae (pars.). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 6(2): 1–219, pls I–XX. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Van Soest, R.W.M. & Hajdu, E. 2002. Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669–690 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.). Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2 Reference page. 

Links

• Mycalidae in the World Register of Marine Species