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Mycale laevis
Species of demosponge / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mycale laevis, the orange icing sponge or orange undercoat sponge, is a species of marine demosponge in the family Mycalidae. Mycale is a large genus and this species is placed in the subgenus Mycale making its full name, Mycale (Mycale) laevis.[1] This sponge is found in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and usually grows in association with a small group of coral genera.
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Mycale laevis | |
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Mycale laevis growing under a hard coral | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Poecilosclerida |
Family: | Mycalidae |
Genus: | Mycale |
Species: | M. laevis |
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Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882)[1] | |
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