- Notes: Large barrels, golden to reddish brown. Surface rather smooth or with numerous irregular, finger-shaped, pyramidal or lamellated projections. Top usually thin-walled, usually with projections. Interior of atria rough, as a bubble-like pattern. Also knows as X. rampa (de Laubenfels, 1934).
- Author Reference: (Schmidt, 1870)
- Link: World Porifera Database
| Color: |
| brown |
| cinnamon-tan |
| cream |
| pink-lilac |
| yellow |
| Morphology: |
| tube |
| vase |
| Consistency: |
| crumbly |
| hard |
| Locations: |
| Bahamas - Great Inagua |
| Bahamas - Hogsty Reef |
| Bahamas - San Salvador |
| Bahamas - Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands |
| Bahamas - Sweetings Cay |
| Leeward Islands - Martinique |
| Leeward Islands - Saint Eustatius |
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