Four new species of Mycale (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from the Southwest Atlantic Author Mácola, Rosa Author Nascimento, Elielton Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Rua Nelson Chaves, s / n. Cidade Universitária, 50670 - 420, Recife, PE-Brazil. Author Pinheiro, Ulisses Author Neves, Elizabeth Author Johnsson, Rodrigo text Zootaxa 2025 2025-04-29 5627 3 401 430 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.1 journal article 309635 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.1 656cf17c-5eb6-4ce6-b3b3-4b5137d4a408 1175-5326 15326189 467EB70A-2295-4126-917C-C797DA33E0D4

TABLE 3. Comparative morphological and micrometric data on the spicules and overview of distribution of the living species of Mycale (Paresperella). Values are in micrometres (μm), expressed as follows: minimum – maximum or minimum– average –maximum length/width.

Species	Habit	Megascleres	Anisochelae	Sigmas	Toxas	Occurrence/depth (m)
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M. (P.) policuspidifera sp. nov. Holotype UFPEPOR 2869	encrusting	165–235.8–262/3.2–3.9–4.8	I: 20.6–25–28.9 II: 8.2–9.9–11.3/ 4.6–5.3–5.8	35–39.7–43	Absent	Baía de Todos-os-Santos/ Southwest Atlantic.
M. (P.) policuspidifera sp. nov. Paratype UFPEPOR 2874	encrusting	220–134.4–251/4.4–5.8–7.8	I: 24.8–28–31.8 II: 9.3–11–13.4	42–47.7–52	Absent	Baía de Todos-os-Santos/ Southwest Atlantic
M. (P.) policuspidifera sp. nov. Paratype UFPEPOR 2870	encrusting	199–239.2–266/2.8–3.8–4.8	I: 21.4–25.4–27.2 II: 8–9.3–10.5	40–45.2–50	Absent	Baía de Todos-os-Santos/ Southwest Atlantic
M. (P.) atlantica Stephens, 1917 sensu Uriz (1987)	encrusting	Subtylostyles, 320–400/6–10	I: 22–30 II: 11–15	70–110	45–50	Celtic Seas; Southwest Africa/ 234–402
M. (P.) claudei Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 sensu Lévi (1963, as Paresperella toxifera)	massive	Subtylostyles: 450/12–13	I:35–37 II: 15	320–350/ 12–15	60–80	South Africa/ 52
M. (P.) curvisigma (Lévi, 1969) Orig. description	encrusting	Styles. (bidentate and tridentate tip): 310–325/5–8	I: 20–23/10 II:9–10	60–70/ 3–4	35	South Atlantic.
M. (P.) dentata Sarà, 1958 Orig. description	encrusting	Subtylostyles:187–245/3.5–6	20 30–32	70–80/ 4–5	–	Tyrrhenian Sea, Golfo di Napoli. Western Mediterranean
M. (P.) janvermeuleni Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014 Orig. description	encrusting	Anisostrongyles/ anisotylotes: 189–222.2–237/1.5–2.1–3	I, normal shaped, lateral alae almost touching along the shaft: 18–22.8–28 II, tiny, with small thin alae: 6–7.7–9	40–44.3–51	–	Cape Verde Islands/ 0–5