- Notes: Bright lemon yellow encrustations or cavity-filling masses living in crevices and under corals, with the tissue peculiarly stretched from wall to floor or wall to wall. It turns dark purple-brown when exposed to air. Originally placed under genus Pachataxa (P. lutea) of family Calthropellidae (see van Soest et al., 2010). Material from the Bahamas only has a few of the calthrop megasclere spicules characteristic of the species, and quite deformed and of much smaller size than those from the type locality (Jamaica) and from Colombia.
- Author Reference: (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986)
- Link: World Porifera Database
| Color: |
| yellow |
| Morphology: |
| encrusting |
| massive |
| Consistency: |
| tough |
| Locations: |
| Bahamas - Cat Cays - Bimini |
| Bahamas - San Salvador |
| Colombia - Santa Marta |
Images of Dercitus (Halinastra) luteus :