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

 

Notes: Thinly encrusting, dark orange, as a hard crust with hispid surface, owing respectively to its Lithisthid skeleton of basal desmas (articulated reticulation of silicon spicules) and erect protruding spicules (styles). Looks geen when deep underwater.
 
Author Reference: (Topsent, 1899)
 
Link: World Porifera Database
 
Color:
green
orange
Morphology:
encrusting
Consistency:
hard
Locations:
Bahamas - San Salvador

  

 

 

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