- Notes: Light purple to pink to bluish branches or tangled tubes. De Weerdt (2000) included within this species a spongin-dominated morphotype and a spicule-dominating one. Here we include only specimens with spongin-dominated skeletons and use Chalinula pseudomolitba (de Weerdt, Rützler & Smith, 1991) for the spicule-dominated ones. It differs from Ch. pseudomolitba in having a loose network of spongin fibers (ascending and interconnecting) with a few embedded thin spicules.
- Author Reference: (de Laubenfels, 1949)
- Link: World Porifera Database
| Color: |
| blue |
| pink-lilac |
| purple-violet |
| Morphology: |
| branching |
| massive |
| tube |
| Consistency: |
| soft |
| Locations: |
| Bahamas - Bimini |
| Bahamas - Little San Salvador |
| Bahamas - Sweetings Cay |
| United States - Florida Keys |
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