- Notes: Orange to orange-yellow thick encrustations with oscules on volcano-like elevations with wide rims; surface smooth, although it may be uneven. In larger specimens volcanos can grow as tubes. Cave or reef-wall specimens can be thinner with less elevated oscules, which can have a transparent collar. Tidal channel specimens can be rather irregular, lobed, with furrows and grooves. Ectyoplasia ferox explicata described by Wiedenmayer (1977) from The Bahamas is Dragmacidon explicata, a valid species, different from this one.
- Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
- Link: World Porifera Database
| Color: |
| cinnamon-tan |
| orange |
| orange-yellow |
| yellow |
| Morphology: |
| encrusting |
| lobate |
| massive |
| tube |
| Consistency: |
| crumbly |
| Locations: |
| Bahamas - Hogsty Reef |
| Bahamas - Little San Salvador |
| Bahamas - Northern Exuma Cays |
| Bahamas - San Salvador |
| Bahamas - Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands |
| Bahamas - Sweetings Cay |
| Leeward Islands - Saint Eustatius |
| Netherland Antilles - Curaçao |
| United States - Florida Keys |
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