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

 

Notes: Exterior black, interior cream; rounded masses or sprawling thick encrustations. Originally described from The Bahamas under the genus Epipolasis. Spicules are thick to very thin long styles to styloids to anysostrongyles.
 
Author Reference: (Wiedenmayer, 1977)
 
Link: World Porifera Database
 
Color:
black
brown
Morphology:
encrusting
massive
Consistency:
tough
Locations:
Bahamas - Little San Salvador
Bahamas - San Salvador
Bahamas - Sweetings Cay

  

 

 

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