- Notes: Inverted cones with relatively thin walls, greenish to purplish in the outside, bright yellow inside, turn purple in air. Skeleton is a pithed spongin fiber network forming the walls of a honeycomb, which show on the surface. A sister species is V. reiswigi Alcolado, 1984 (also pictured in this catalogue), whose shape is that of a thick-walled barrel or amphora.
- Author Reference: (Hyatt, 1875)
- Link: World Porifera Database
| Color: |
| brown |
| cinnamon-tan |
| green |
| orange |
| pink-lilac |
| yellow |
| Morphology: |
| fan |
| vase |
| Consistency: |
| soft |
| tough |
| Locations: |
| Bahamas - Great Abaco |
| Bahamas - Great Inagua |
| Bahamas - Hogsty Reef |
| Bahamas - Little Inagua |
| Bahamas - Long Island |
| Bahamas - San Salvador |
| Bahamas - Sweetings Cay |
Images of Verongula gigantea :
.jpg "Verongula gigantea [Long Island, Bahamas]")
.jpg "Verongula gigantea [Long Island, Bahamas]")
.jpg "Verongula gigantea [Long Island, Bahamas]")
