Mycale (Carmia) mytilorum Annandale, 1914

Mycale mytilorum Annandale, 1914: 152, pl. X fig. 1, pl. XI figs 2–3; Burton 1937: 24; Ali 1956: 284 (misspelled as mytiliorum); Pattanayak 2009: 25.

Summary description. Thin brick-red crust on Mytilus mussels. Skeleton consists of vertical bundles of mycalostyles, pushing up the ectosomal membrane, but no tangential ectosomal skeleton is present. Mycalostyles 180–260 x 4–5.5 µm, scarce anisochelae I (not in rosettes) 19 µm, sigmas 40 µm. No toxas.

Distribution. Madras (= Chennai) Harbor, 1–2 m depth.

Comment. Hard to distinguish from e.g. M. (C.) maunakea, but that species has pink life color.