- Notes: Globular sponges with large and packed conules. Color usually creamy or grayish, or light brown. Oscules are usually grouped on top, on a depression, but can conform scattered groups. There are often groups of pores on the sides of the sponge, but this may not unique to this species. It is what Vacelet (1990) calls Ircinia sp. from St. Barthelemy, dubbed by him Ircinia "tigrina" (pers. comm.). It may also conform to what Rutzler (1988) calls I. felix forma acuta (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864), although van Soest (1978) had considered it to be I. strobilina.
- Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1816)
| Color: |
| black |
| brown |
| cinnamon-tan |
| cream |
| white |
| Morphology: |
| lobate |
| massive |
| spherical |
| Consistency: |
| tough |
| Locations: |
| Bahamas - Great Inagua |
| Bahamas - Sweetings Cay |
Images of Ircinia sp.-tigrina morphotype :