Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

  • gray
  • black

Morphology:

  • fan
  • lobate
  • massive
  • spherical

Consistency:

  • tough

Sample Locations:

  • Bahamas
  • Martinique
  • Netherland Antilles

Ircinia strobilina

Notes: Massive, globular, large. Jet black (shiny) or grayish (opaque) black. Large conules often connected by ridges. Oscules often grouped on the top, located in a large depression in larger individuals. There are two individuals included tentatively here (24, no photo; 134, photo), pending further work.

Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1816)

 

Link: World Porifera Database