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Orange Icing Sponge
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Sponges

Orange Icing Sponge

Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882)

Names

EnglishOrange Icing Sponge
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Scientific nameMycale laevis (Carter, 1882)

About this species

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. 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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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumPorifera
ClassDemospongiae
OrderPoecilosclerida
FamilyMycalidae
GenusMycale

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