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

 

Notes: Yellow tubes, smooth or with little branchelets. In The Bahamas it is difficult to decide when a small specimen with branchelets is A. fistularis or A. insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). Aggregated tubes were called forma aggregata by Wiedenmayer (1977).
 
Author Reference: (Pallas, 1766)
 
Link: World Porifera Database
 
Color:
yellow
Morphology:
tube
Consistency:
tough
Locations:
Bahamas - Cat Cays - Bimini
Bahamas - Great Inagua
Bahamas - Little Inagua
Bahamas - Little San Salvador
Bahamas - Northern Exuma Cays
Bahamas - Plana Cays
Bahamas - San Salvador
Leeward Islands - Martinique
Leeward Islands - Saint Lucia

  

 

 

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