Mycale citrina Hajdu & Rützler, 1998
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Family:  Mycalidae ()
Max. size:  0.6 cm OT (male/unsexed)
Environment:  sessile; brackish; marine
Distribution:  Western Central Atlantic: Belize, Panama, and Venezuela.
Diagnosis:  This-encrusting: 0.3 - 0.6 cm thickness. Lemon yellow to orange. Numerous pronounced dermal channels converge towards collared-transparent oscula: 0.1 - 0.3 cm wide. Very soft and fragile, releases copias amounts of mucus upon handling (Ref. 415).
Biology:  Maximum thickness: 0.6 cm (Ref. 415).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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