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

 

Notes: Brown, massive, lobate, club-shaped, fan-shaped. Surface pierced by numerous round to elongated-contorted holes, interspersed between round oscules with slightly elevated collars. Spicules are acanthostyles. Club shaped, thin individuals can be confused with Agelas cervicornis, which is branching and usually thinner.
 
Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
 
Link: World Porifera Database
 
Color:
brown
Morphology:
branching
fan
lobate
vase
Consistency:
tough
Locations:
Bahamas - Egg Island
Bahamas - Little San Salvador
Bahamas - Long Island
Bahamas - Mira por Vos Cays
Bahamas - NW Passage
Bahamas - San Salvador
Bahamas - Sweetings Cay

  

 

 

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