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Mycale (/ ˈ m ɪ k ə l i /) also Mykale and Mykali (Ancient Greek: Μυκάλη, Mykálē), called Samsun Dağı and Dilek Dağı (Dilek Peninsula) in modern Turkey, is a mountain on the west coast of central Anatolia in Turkey, north of the mouth of the Maeander and divided from the Greek island of Samos by the 1.6 km wide Mycale Strait.
The complete destruction of the Persian navy, along with the destruction of Mardonius' army at Plataea (allegedly on the same day as the Battle of Mycale), decisively ended the invasion of Greece. After Plataea and Mycale, the allied Greeks would take the offensive against the Persians, marking a new phase of the Greco-Persian Wars.
Subgenus Mycale (Mycale) Gray, 1867 - About 45 species. Subgenus Mycale (Naviculina) Gray, 1867 - About 11 species. Subgenus Mycale (Oxymycale) Hentschel, 1929 - About 9 species. Subgenus Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905 - About 18 species. Subgenus Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) Kent, 1870 - About 4 species. Subgenus Mycale (Zygomycale) Topsent, 1931 ...
The Mycale Strait. The Mycale Strait (Greek: Στενό της Μυκάλης; Turkish: Dilek Geçidi), also known as the Samos Strait, is a narrow strait separating the island of Samos (Greece) from Anatolia in the eastern Aegean Sea. At its narrowest point it is only 1.6 km wide; the narrowest between any Aegean island and Turkey.
Mycale grandis is a bright orange colour both outside and inside. It forms encrusting masses which can reach 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) across and 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in) thick. The consistency is compressible but firm and fibrous and the sponge can be torn. The surface is smooth and undulating.
Mycale laevis, the orange icing sponge or orange undercoat sponge, is a species of marine demosponge in the family Mycalidae. Mycale is a large genus and this species is placed in the subgenus Mycale making its full name, Mycale (Mycale) laevis . [ 1 ]
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English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... Mycale is a genus of demosponge with 240 recognised species in 11 subgenera. [1]