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Mycale cecilia in life
In life — photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Dickson Wong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Dickson Wong
BPBM 292Invertebrate Zoology

Mycale cecilia

As recorded: Mycale cecilia de Laubenfels, 1936

Animalia › Porifera › Demospongiae › Poecilosclerida › Mycalidae

Locality
Kaneohe Bay
Island
Oʻahu
Region
United States
Identified by
P.R. Bergquist, 31 March 1966P.R. Bergquist →30 March →
Record type
Preserved specimen
10 Bishop specimens of Mycale ceciliaSpecies page ›

Mycale cecilia observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 47 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-11-20.

Mycale cecilia observed 2025-11-20

2025-11-20

Honolulu County, HI, USA

(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Mycale cecilia observed 2025-10-23

2025-10-23

Laguna Juluapan, Manzanillo, Col., MX

(c) hectorjmz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Mycale cecilia observed 2025-10-23

2025-10-23

Laguna Juluapan, Manzanillo, Col., MX

(c) hectorjmz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Mycale cecilia observed 2025-10-06

2025-10-06

Puntarenas Province, Piedras Blancas, Costa Rica

(c) Daniela Solís Adolio, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Mycale cecilia observed 2025-07-14

2025-07-14

Taiwan

(c) 洪清漳, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Mycale cecilia observed 2025-07-10

2025-07-10

La Paz, BCS, Mexico

(c) Siobhan O'Neill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Mycale cecilia. BPBM 292. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37626928. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/c/292.

Record sources