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

 

Notes: Black cushions, smooth to lowly conulose. It uses a branching red coralline algae as skeleton. Different from Dysidea janiae (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) in color and shape. Generic and species identity pending further work.
 
Color:
black
Morphology:
massive
Consistency:
soft
tough
Locations:
Bahamas - Sweetings Cay

  

 

 

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