| Demospongiae |
Poecilosclerida |
Chondropsidae |
Batzella rubra |
5 |
Originally placed under genus Keratilum. Soft cushions with wide oscules on elevations. Orange to salmon skin; interior bright orange. Creamy, lighter colored stripes radiate from an equally lighter oscular rim. Spicules are straight strongyles to strongyloxeas, with one end slightly thicker, almost like a subtylostyle. This is most likely the same as Batzella rosea van Soest, 1984. |
(Alcolado, 1984) |
red,orange,encrusting,massive,soft |
| Demospongiae |
Poecilosclerida |
Chondropsidae |
Batzella sp. creamy salmon |
6 |
Thick encrustations, or masses, with irregular lobes. Skin color creamy, over an orange internal tissue, producing an overal withish salmon color. Consistency soft. Spicules are straight strongyles with one of the sides slightly engrossed and the other slighlty pointed, making them look like subtylostyles. Spicules are equal in shape to co-existing Batzella rubra, but shorter in length and slightly stouter. Needs to be compared to Batzella rosea van Soest, 1984. |
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orange,cream,pink-lilac,tube,massive,lobate,soft |
| Demospongiae |
Poecilosclerida |
Chondropsidae |
Strongylacidon griseum |
5 |
Irregular masses to bushes, with protrusions tending to form or forming tubes with oscules terminated in transparent collars. Often growing on gorgonians. Color light gray to light purple or pink. The skeleton is reinforced by calcareous alga of the type Jania, with megasclere spicules tornotes and microsclere spicules sigmas and chelae. Also known as Strongylacidon osburnensis (George & Wilson, 1929). |
(Schmidt, 1870) |
gray,pink-lilac,tube,massive,bushy,soft |
