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Demospongiae > Poecilosclerida > Mycalidae > Mycale laevis

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

yellow
orange
orange-yellow

Morphology:

encrusting

Consistency:

crumbly
tough

Sample Locations:

Bahamas
Saint Lucia

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Bright orange yellow crumbly masses filling crevices or growing below laminar corals; oscules and skin tend to be transparent. Bahamas specimens have as megasclere spicules strongyles instead of styles-subtylostyles of other areas; sometimes there are completely white specimens that nevertheless have been confirmed to belong to this species (data from Loh et al., 2010).

Author Reference: (Carter, 1882)

 

Link: World Porifera Database

 

Images

Mycale laevis


Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Saint Lucia
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik