- Notes: Originally described under genus Scopalina. Tubes and bushes arising from crevices in the bottom. Tubes often have more than one hole. External color yellow, subsurface color purple, interior color cream.The genus allocation here is due to its similarity in texture, color and skeleton to Svenzea flava (Lehnert & van Soest, 1999), although S. tubulosa lacks as S. flava the strongly pigmented cells defined for the genus (see Alvarez et al., 2000). It has erroneously been considered the same as Ectyoplasia ferox, which has different spicules [stout styles and smaller styles spined at the tip in E. ferox, styloids (pointed end blunt) in S. tubulosa] and skeleton (plumose ascending, echinated tracts in E. ferox vs. Plumose ascending and interconnected tracts forming a reticulation in S. tubulosa). Also, E. ferox is a bit stiffer and may have tubes, but arising from an encrusting base, while the base in S. tubulosa is buried.
- Author Reference: (Alcolado & Gotera, 1986)
- Link: World Porifera Database
| Color: |
| cinnamon-tan |
| orange |
| yellow |
| Morphology: |
| branching |
| bushy |
| lobate |
| papillated |
| tube |
| Consistency: |
| crumbly |
| soft |
| Locations: |
| Bahamas - Cat Cays - Bimini |
| Bahamas - Great Abaco |
| Bahamas - Little San Salvador |
| Bahamas - Santo Domingo Cay |
| Bahamas - Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands |
| Bahamas - Sweetings Cay |
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