| Demospongiae |
Poecilosclerida |
Desmacellidae |
Biemna caribea |
3 |
Also known from The Caribbean as Biemna tubulata Dendy, 1905 (but is an Indian Ocean name). Yellow encrustations or oscular masses or sprawling tubules and branches. It grows on mangrove stilt roots or erect substrata on lagoonal environments. |
Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 |
yellow,branching,tube,massive,lobate,encrusting,soft |
| Demospongiae |
Poecilosclerida |
Desmacellidae |
Biemna cribaria |
4 |
Light brown rather circular sponge that lives partially buried in sediments; surface with irregular processes, and elevated oscular areas with shallow internal exhalant canals. It is reminiscent of dirty old cow dung. Also known as Biemna oxeata van Soest & Stentoft, 1988. |
Alcolado & Gotera, 1986 |
brown,massive,crumbly |
| Demospongiae |
Poecilosclerida |
Desmacellidae |
Biemna sp.-yellow tough cushions |
3 |
Small tough but crumbly and mucosy cushions with a yellow punctiform surface. Subsuperficial color is dark purple, some specimens thus appearing darker, especially after collecting. Different from Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 and from B. cribaria (Alcolado & Gotera, 1986). Spicules are styles, 2-3 categories of sigmas, 2 categories of microxea, and raphides. It needs to be compared to Biemna trisigmata Mothes & Campos, 2004, from North Brazil, with which shares many characters. |
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orange-yellow,brown,yellow,purple-violet,massive,tough,crumbly |
| Demospongiae |
Poecilosclerida |
Desmacellidae |
Neofibularia nolitangere |
9 |
"Touch-me-not sponge." In the Bahamas it occurs as thick encrustation to tall masses with scattered wide and deep atria, maroon to orange-brown; oscules inside atria are directed diagonally upwards. In other Caribbean areas it consists of large vases/tubes, single or in groups, while in the Bahama it appears as if these vases had laterally fused. It produces strong itching when handled. |
(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) |
red,brown,orange,cinnamon-tan,vase,massive,crumbly |
