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

 

Notes: Bright orange, irregular masses with oscules located in lower mounds. The allocation of specimens to either T. ignis or T. klausi Wulff, 2006 was made after the photos were taken, so identification here is tentative. T. klausi has tall oscular chimneys with vertical inflated canals forming stripes. Very small, crack-filling papillated individuals growing in the open reef are herein arbitrarily refered to T. ignis.
 
Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
 
Link: World Porifera Database
 
Color:
blue
orange
red
Morphology:
massive
papillated
Consistency:
crumbly
soft
Locations:
Bahamas - Bimini
Bahamas - Little San Salvador
Bahamas - Sweetings Cay

  

 

 

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