- Notes: Originally described under genus Pseudaxinella. Orange-yellow to yellow thick encrustations to masses, with oscular lobes. Surface smooth; fields of pores are scattered in concave areas. Subsurface color is purple brown, internal color cream. Spicules are strongyles, often slightly asymmetrical (could be called styloids, but the less blunt end is not as pointed as in, for example, S. tubulosa). Alvarez et al. (2002) suggested it to belong to genus Svenzea but it lacks the dark granulous cells that other species of the genus have.
- Author Reference: (Lehnert & van Soest, 1999)
- Link: World Porifera Database
| Color: |
| cinnamon-tan |
| orange-yellow |
| yellow |
| Morphology: |
| encrusting |
| lobate |
| massive |
| tube |
| Consistency: |
| crumbly |
| soft |
| Locations: |
| Bahamas - Cat Cays - Bimini |
| Bahamas - Great Abaco |
| Bahamas - Little San Salvador |
| Bahamas - San Salvador |
| Bahamas - Santo Domingo Cay |
| Bahamas - Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands |
| Bahamas - Sweetings Cay |
| United States - Florida Keys |
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