Mycale Gray 1867

Description: Mycale laevis (Orange Icing Sponge) growing under a hard coral. Date: 12 September 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Nhobgood Nick Hobgood. Camera location19° 45′ 53.26″ N, 72° 19′ 10.7″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth 19.764794; -72.319639.

Spicule Slide. Specimen ID: 14442016. Field no.: LAR-191029-PA290222,0224. Taxon rep.: Mycale macilenta. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.333.

Oosterschelde, Zeeland, The Netherlands

Photo taken at 34 m depth in front of Gulen Dykkesenter (Gulen, Norway). Voucher specimen registered as MNRJ 14850

John Murray Exped. stat, 54, BMNH 1936.3.4.542

sponge is overgrowing a rodolith

Holotype ZMA Por. 06644 (left) and and sections of the surface (right)

SEM images of the spicules of the holotype ZMA Por. 06644

Holotype ZMA Por. 05164

SEM images of spicules of the holotype ZMA Por. 05164

Habit of paratype ZMA Por. 06972 in situ (a) and preserved holotype RMNH 9037 (b). Skeleton fibers of holotype (c-d)

SEM images of spicules

Habit of preserved holotype (a) and skeleton (b)

SEM images of the spicules

Habit of preserved holotype and skeleton

SEM images of spicules

Habit of preserved holotype (on barnacle) and skeleton

SEM images of spicules

Habit of preserved holotype and skeleton