- Notes: Black, laterally flattened or rounded mounds. Flattened ones with oscules aligned on tops; rounded ones with scattered oscules. Oscules with a conical collar. Surface shaggy with fiber ends. Interior brick red. Spongin fibers thinner than in other Spongia of this guide, in a more packed reticulation. Definite identification pending.
- Author Reference: (Hyatt, 1877)
| Color: |
| black |
| Morphology: |
| lobate |
| massive |
| Consistency: |
| tough |
| Locations: |
| Bahamas - Little San Salvador |
Images of Spongia sp. "obscura" shaggy :