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Sample Locations:
Spongia “tubulifera” -“fouled”
Species: Spongia “tubulifera” -“fouled” | View Image Details |
Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Spongia “tubulifera” -“fouled” | View Image Details |
Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Spongia “tubulifera” -“fouled” | View Image Details |
Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Spongia “tubulifera” -“fouled” | View Image Details |
Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Spongia “tubulifera” -“fouled” | View Image Details |
Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Spongia “tubulifera” -“fouled” | View Image Details |
Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Spongia “tubulifera” -“fouled” | View Image Details |
Location: Bimini, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Notes: Globular masses. Skin color is black, but appears heavily fouled in between scattered oscules, which can be elevated as chimneys; they end in a conical collar. Interior creamy white. Fiber similar to Spongia sp. “obscura”-“smooth”, thicker than Spongia sp. “obscura”-“shaggy”. Definite identification pending.
Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1814)