- Notes: Spherical to oval sponge with an even outer surface (pierced with pores) and an upper central circular depression (sometimes rimmed) where oscules are located. Cinnamon-tan to greenish gray in color. Very hard and difficult to cut owing to its leathery cortex (the interior is softer, cream in color). Megasclere spicules are large oxea, smaller cortical styloids (styles with narrow heads) and oxeas, and orthotriaenes. Spicule preparations show very large (several mm long) broken shafts of spicules whose identity could not be defined. Microsclere spicules are round sterrasters (conforming the cortex) and acanthooxiasters. Identity is pending as previous descriptions of the species do not include spherical forms.
- Author Reference: Hajdu, Muricy, Custodio, Russo & Peixinho, 1992
| Color: |
| cinnamon-tan |
| green |
| orange |
| yellow |
| Morphology: |
| massive |
| spherical |
| Consistency: |
| hard |
| Locations: |
| Bahamas - Little Inagua |
| Bahamas - Plana Cays |
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