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

 

Notes: Withish orange, creeping or erect branches, sometimes flattened or contorted. Oscules dispersed throughout the surface, usually with a collar. Sometimes with dark zoanthids. It can be confused with branching Agelas cervicornis (Schmidt, 1870), which is brown. Spicules acanthostyles.
 
Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1815)
 
Link: World Porifera Database
 
Color:
cinnamon-tan
orange
yellow
Morphology:
branching
Consistency:
tough
Locations:
Bahamas - Little San Salvador
Bahamas - Long Island
Bahamas - Plana Cays
Bahamas - San Salvador
Bahamas - Sweetings Cay

  

 

 

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