- Notes: Groups of cylindrical tubes, sometimes wider at the top, forming vases, grayish, pinkish, yellowish, with smooth conules. In the Florida Keys there are three co-existing morphotypes, gray, red, and yellow, which are not genetically distinct and appear to be the result of ecophenotypic plasticity due to some degree of ecological differentiation (see López-Legentil et al., 2010).
- Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1814)
- Link: World Porifera Database
| Color: |
| cinnamon-tan |
| cream |
| gray |
| green |
| orange |
| pink-lilac |
| yellow |
| Morphology: |
| fan |
| spherical |
| tube |
| vase |
| Consistency: |
| tough |
| Locations: |
| Bahamas - Little Inagua |
| Bahamas - Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands |
| Bahamas - Sweetings Cay |
| Leeward Islands - Martinique |
| Leeward Islands - Saint Eustatius |
| Leeward Islands - Saint Lucia |
| Netherland Antilles - Bonaire |
| United States - Florida Keys |
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