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

 

Notes: Usually made of soft, erect and tangled branches, rather transparent, navy blue; scattered oscules with transparent collars; when oscules are on top of branches, they appear as tubes. Can be also encrusting or massive.
 
Author Reference: de Laubenfels, 1936
 
Link: World Porifera Database
 
Color:
blue
pink-lilac
Morphology:
branching
bushy
encrusting
lobate
massive
tube
Consistency:
soft
Locations:
Bahamas - Sweetings Cay

  

 

 

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