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

 

Notes: This is possibly the same species as Teichaxinella morchella Wiedenmayer, 1977. But the latter name has been synonymyzed with Axinella corrugata (incorrectly in our oppinion), which is a different species, also pictured in this catalogue. Erect, bright orange bushes, with scattered collared oscules; surface strongly corrugated to lamellated, although the skin is rather lustrous. Spicules are styles in a single size. In contrast, in A. corrugata the surface is hispid and not lustrous, and the megasclere spicules, in addition to the regular size styles, it has very long styles and oxea.
 
Author Reference: Lehnert & van Soest, 1998
 
Link: World Porifera Database
 
Color:
orange
Morphology:
bushy
lobate
tube
Consistency:
soft
tough
Locations:
Bahamas - Great Abaco
Bahamas - Little San Salvador
Bahamas - Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands
Bahamas - Sweetings Cay

  

 

 

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