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

 

Notes: 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.
 
Author Reference: Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
 
Link: World Porifera Database
 
Color:
yellow
Morphology:
branching
encrusting
lobate
massive
tube
Consistency:
soft
Locations:
Bahamas - Cat Island, SW
Bahamas - Sweetings Cay
Colombia - Islas de San Bernardo

  

 

 

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