| Demospongiae |
Hadromerida |
Suberitidae |
Suberites aurantiacus |
1 |
Also placed under genus Terpios, and known also as Terpios zeteki de Laubenfels, 1936. Tangled, finger-shaped or lobular branches in lagoonal, usually brackish environments. Internal color can be orange to yellow, tinged in the surface with gray, green, purple tones. Wide and deep oscules on top and sides of branches. Upon handling, the skin retracts; the sponge then is reminiscent of a Codium green algae. For the lack of pictures from the Bahamas, a photo from Colombia is included. |
(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) |
green,orange,gray,yellow,branching,lobate,tough |
