- Notes: Originally described under he genus Rhaphidophlus, as R. minutus. Thinly encrusting, orange encrustations, with a rather transparent but similarly colored skin that conform a vein pattern of the exhalant canal system that opens into oscules. Spicules are styles with slightly mucronated heads, subtylostyles in two categories, chelae and small toxa. Originally described as red. Identity pending thorough comparison with other thinly encrusting Clathria such as C. venosa (Alcolado, 1984) and C. hymedesmioides Van Soest, 1984. For Bahamian waters, C. ?venosa and C. ?minuta have similar spiculation. For co-existing specimens, we have assigned to C. ?venosa those with a whitish transparent skin over a red tissue, and to C. ?minuta those with the skin of the same color of the internal tissue (orange in this case).
- Author Reference: (van Soest, 1984)
| Color: |
| orange |
| Morphology: |
| encrusting |
| Consistency: |
| soft |
| Locations: |
| Bahamas - Sweetings Cay |
Images of Clathria (Thalysias) ?minuta :