UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia The Sponge Guide

 

Notes: Creamy yellow to brownish vases or tubes, riddled with roundish holes; usually hard. Not to be confused with Suberea sp., which has mistakenly been included within this species in the past.
 
Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1814)
 
Link: World Porifera Database
 
Color:
cinnamon-tan
red
yellow
Morphology:
lobate
spherical
tube
vase
Consistency:
hard
tough
Locations:
Bahamas - Great Abaco
Bahamas - Little San Salvador
Bahamas - Plana Cays
Bahamas - San Salvador
Bahamas - Sweetings Cay

  

 

 

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