- Notes: Pale orange thick encrustation with oscules on lobes. Consistency firmly compressible, elastic. Spicules are strongyles in a wide size range, embedded in a reticulation of spongin fibers. Assignation to Niphates is tentative. Another Haplosclerid with yellowish-orangish color and strongyle spicules, with which detailed comparisons are pending, is Niphates lutea Lehnert & van Soest, 1999.
| Color: |
| orange |
| Morphology: |
| encrusting |
| Consistency: |
| tough |
| Locations: |
| Bahamas - Northern Exuma Cays |
Images of Niphates sp.-orange thick encrustation :