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

 

Notes: Bright orange encrustations with smooth to spiny surface. Frequently found under platy corals, with their oscules showing up at the coral plate edge, in a way similar to Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882).
 
Author Reference: Wilson, 1902
 
Link: World Porifera Database
 
Color:
orange
red
Morphology:
encrusting
Consistency:
soft
Locations:
Bahamas - Great Inagua
Bahamas - Sweetings Cay

  

 

 

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