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Hemimycale arabica Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004
The Red Sea Crater Sponge was scientifically described from Eilat, Israel. The sponge is endemic to the Red Sea.
The crater sponge forms a rather thin, dark blue crust. The surface shows blue veins with lighter bluish to yellow-green depressions. It is easy to tear, the inside is yellow-green.
The sponge is found on rocky or coral bottoms, but often grows on the tips of living or dead branched stony corals and also on fire corals such as Millepora dichotoma. The crater sponge often harbors large numbers of tubeworms from the Sabellidae family.
Hemimycale arabica is the subject of research for pharmaceutical use as an anticancer drug.
The Red Sea Crater Sponge was scientifically described from Eilat, Israel. The sponge is endemic to the Red Sea.
The crater sponge forms a rather thin, dark blue crust. The surface shows blue veins with lighter bluish to yellow-green depressions. It is easy to tear, the inside is yellow-green.
The sponge is found on rocky or coral bottoms, but often grows on the tips of living or dead branched stony corals and also on fire corals such as Millepora dichotoma. The crater sponge often harbors large numbers of tubeworms from the Sabellidae family.
Hemimycale arabica is the subject of research for pharmaceutical use as an anticancer drug.
