Class | Order | Family | Genus species | Images | Notes | Author | Char |
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Demospongiae | Dendroceratida | Darwinellidae | Chelonaplysilla "erecta" | 1 | Soft, dark purple cushions-encrustations. Skin looks paler than oscular collars. In the W. Atlantic this species has been named C. erecta (Row, 1911), which is a name for the Red Sea. It probably needs a new name. | (Row, 1911) | purple-violet,encrusting,soft |
Demospongiae | Dendroceratida | Dictyodendrillidae | Igernella notabilis | 7 | Originally placed under genus Euryades. Also known as Darwinella joyeuxi Topsent, 1889. Bright pink cushions or clumped branches-lobes with upper oscules. The color looks solid throughout the tissue. Characteristic diactine and triactine spongin filaments that look like soft spicules. | (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) | red,pink-lilac,encrusting,tube,massive,lobate,soft,tough |