Kauaʻi record · KCA-WOI-00007
Mycale (Carmia) cecilia
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Mycale cecilia is an encrusting or low cushion-forming sponge. Historically reported from Kauaʻi (2002).
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Mycale (Carmia) cecilia
- Family
- Mycalidae
- Order
- Poecilosclerida
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Historical source record (2002); current presence not reassessed
- Origin
- Origin not yet resolved
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Mycale cecilia is an encrusting or low cushion-forming sponge. Historically reported from Kauaʻi (2002).
Sources and further reading
- Coles, S.L., P.R. Reath, K. Longenecker, H. Bolick & L.G. Eldredge. 2004. Assessment of nonindigenous marine species in harbors and on nearby coral reefs on Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi, Maui, and Hawaiʻi. Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a. — Appendix A printed p. 69
- Trejo and colleagues (2025) — Mycale (Carmia) cecilia taxonomic treatment
- Recovery taxonomy reconciliation — World Porifera Database