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

 

Notes: Thin-walled, orange thin tubes and lobes arising from a crevice-filling mass. It may be a variation of Agelas sventres Lehnert & van Soest, 1996. Agelas wiedenmayeri Alcolado, 1984 also has tubes arising from the substratum, but these are brown. Spicules acanthostyles.
 
Author Reference: Wilson, 1902
 
Link: World Porifera Database
 
Color:
orange
Morphology:
branching
encrusting
lobate
papillated
tube
Consistency:
tough
Locations:
Bahamas - Cat Cays - Bimini
Bahamas - Little San Salvador
Bahamas - Plana Cays
Bahamas - Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands
United States - Florida, Boynton Beach

  

 

 

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