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

 

Notes: Cream-gray to yellow lobes with a top oscule, to high, thick-walled tubes. It may also be cushion-shaped with scattered, slightly elevated oscules. Consistency tough. There is geographic variation in megasclere spicule calthrops size, being larger and stouter in the Southern Caribbean.
 
Author Reference: (Uliczka, 1929)
 
Link: World Porifera Database
 
Color:
cream
gray
yellow
Morphology:
lobate
tube
Consistency:
tough
Locations:
Bahamas - Great Abaco
Colombia - Santa Marta

  

 

 

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