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

 

Notes: A tangled mass of thin, brown, elastic branches. Not to be confused with Haliclona ?ruetzleri de Weerdt, 2002, which has thinner branches, is softer, and has an unispicular reticulation of oxea spicules (compared to a reticulation of spongin fibers with cored spicules typical of Callyspongia in C. strongylophora.
 
Author Reference: Hartman, 1955
 
Link: World Porifera Database
 
Color:
brown
Morphology:
branching
Consistency:
soft
Locations:
Bahamas - Great Abaco

  

 

 

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