Sponge

Mycale cecilia

• Group: Other

A thin encrusting sponge that hides under rocks low on the shore and spreads across pier pilings and the undersides of pontoons. Like all sponges it feeds by filtering water through its body, with no need to chase anything down.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Porifera › Demospongiae › Poecilosclerida › Mycalidae › Mycale

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 168571.