| Calcarea |
Clathrinida |
Clathrinidae |
Clathrina? sp. 1 |
3 |
It may correspond to Clathrina coriacea (Montagu, 1818) described by several Caribbean authors (a name from NE Atlantic). Yellow cushions with upper or scattered oscula, made of riddled tubules, but somehow compact and possibly sharing a cortex. Only with triactines . It can belong to another genus (Leucascus?) or family of the order Clathrinida. Apparently, there is no available name for Caribbean populations of this species. For Clathrina revision see Klautau & Valentine (2003). |
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yellow,encrusting,soft |
| Calcarea |
Clathrinida |
Clathrinidae |
Clathrina? sp. 2 |
2 |
Upright yellow, rather transparent masses with tube-like oscules. We have not collected this species to define its generic or specific status. It looks similar to Clathrina primordialis (Haeckel, 1872) described from Jamaica by Lehnert & van Soest, 1998. For a comprehensive analysis of the genus Clathrina see Klautau & Valentine (2003). |
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yellow,massive,crumbly |
| Calcarea |
Clathrinida |
Leucettidae |
Leucetta floridana |
4 |
Light pink or lilac irrugular vases-tubes hanging from cave roofs; consistency stiff, like fiberglass; large triactine calcareous spicules stab fingers. |
(Haeckel, 1872) |
white,pink-lilac,tube,lobate,hard |
