Mycale (Mycale) laevis ( Carter, 1882 )
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Mycale (Mycale) laevis ( Carter, 1882) View in CoL
Tables 6, 7; Figs. 51A–D View FIGURE 51 , 58F View FIGURE 58
Synonymy and references: Esperia laevis Carter, (1882: 291) ; Oxymycale strongylata Pulitzer-Finali (1986: 1331) ; Mycale laevis: Laubenfels de (1936: 116), Green et al. (1986: 130), Hajdu et al. (2011: 161), and Muricy et al. (2011: 157); Esperella fusca , Esperia laevis and Mycale fusca : see references compiled in Muricy et al. (2011: 157); Mycale (Mycale) laevis: Muricy et al. (2011: 157) , Rützler et al. (2014: 69), and van Soest et al. (2017: 158).
Type locality. Venezuela .
Material examined. CNPGG-1919, Alacranes reef (22.38275°N, 89.695138°W), 6 m depth, coll. Oscar Bocardo, 25 May 2016 GoogleMaps ; CNPGG-2273, Triangulo Este reef (20.9177°N, 92.2162°W), 12 m depth, coll. Oscar Bocardo, 11 September 2017 GoogleMaps ; CNPGG-466, Isla Verde reef (19.19844°N, 96.06863°W), 5.5 m depth, coll. Patricia Gómez, 28 August 2018 GoogleMaps ; CNPGG-2430, Cabezo reef (19.09752°N, 95.85616°W), 12.5 m depth, coll. Diana Ugalde, 30 August 2018 GoogleMaps .
Distribution. Mexico ( Green et al. 1986; Gómez 2007; current records), US (Florida), Cuba, other countries in the Caribbean Sea ( Zea 1987); Brazil ( Muricy et al. 2011).
Remarks. Mycale (M.) laevis is a common species in the coral reefs of the GoM ( Green et al. 1986; Gómez 2007). Loh et al. (2012) reported orange, semi-cryptic; orange, massive; white, massive; and white, semi-cryptic specimens. Our material is orange or yellow, both when semi-cryptic (material from Triangulo Este reef) or when massive ( Isla Verde reef and Cabezo reef).
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