Orange
prickly sponge
Mycale parishi*
Family Mycalidae
updated
Oct 2016
Where
seen? This pale to bright orange prickly sponge is sometimes seen on our
Northern rocky shores and rubbly areas.
Features: Usually
about 8-10cm in area, with prickly surface, the sponge may be thinly
encrusting or form upright branches up to 30cm long. With small holes
(0.5cm) where water is expelled. Colour pale orange to bright reddish
orange.
Bright orange sponges which are encrusting may come from a variety
of species and families including Tedania sp. and Hymerhabdia sp. They are difficult to tell apart in the field. |

Changi, Jul 13
Large hole where water is expelled.
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Beting Bronok, Jul 13
Prickly surface.
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Pulau Sekudu, Jun 18

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*Species
are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience
of display.
Orange
prickly sponges on Singapore shores |
Other sightings on Singapore shores |

Pulau Ubin OBS, Jan 16
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook.
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Links
- Mycale
on SeaLife Base: technical fact sheets.
- Mycale
on the World Porifera Database.
References
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