| Demospongiae |
Poecilosclerida |
Microcionidae |
Clathrina ?panis |
2 |
Anastomosed lemon yellow tubes forming cushions from which a few oscules raise. Tubes appear clearly separated of each other in thick sections, lined tangentially by spicules. Cryptic species from mangrove roots and underside of caves and corals in shallow water. C. panis is the only Caribbean species (Florida) redescribed by Klautau and Valentine (2003), with tri and tetractines. In The Bahamas, there is another cryptic yellow calcareous sponge, in which the tubes are more compact, forming cushions with oscules, having only triactines (see Clathrina? sp. 1). We have photographed but not collected another yellow calcareous sponge (included hereis as Clathrina? sp. 2). |
(Haeckel, 1872) |
yellow,encrusting,massive,soft |
