Mycale species of the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida)
Author
Van, Rob W. M.
Author
Aryasari, Ratih
Author
De, Nicole J.
0000-0002-7985-5604
rob.vansoest@naturalis.nl
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-01-19
4912
1
1
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journal article
8641
10.11646/zootaxa.4912.1.1
8a5efe86-cabc-4981-afb4-163791f2530c
1175-5326
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Mycale (Carmia) stegoderma
De Laubenfels, 1954
Carmia stegoderma
De Laubenfels, 1954: 154
, text-fig. 100.
Summary description
. Yellowish brown-grey crust on dead coral,
7 cm
in lateral expansion,
1–2 mm
thick. There are very large subectosomal spaces, leaving only a thin choanosomal crust on the substratum. Megascleres mycalostyles of 500 x
6 µm
occasionally forming bundles of up
130 µm
in thickness. Microscleres anisochelae in two size categories, 40 and
15 µm
(the latter being rare), a single category of sigmas,
33 µm
, and a single category of toxas,
40 µm
.
Distribution
.
Pohnpei
, Federate States of
Micronesia
(East
Caroline Islands
), depth
4 m
.
Comment
. The combination of long mycalostyles with small toxas appears distinct among the
Mycale (Carmia)
species of the region.