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Sample Locations:
Neofibularia nolitangere
Species: Neofibularia nolitangere | View Image Details |
Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Joseph Pawlik |
Species: Neofibularia nolitangere | View Image Details |
Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Joseph Pawlik |
Species: Neofibularia nolitangere | View Image Details |
Location: Great Abaco, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Neofibularia nolitangere | View Image Details |
Location: Great Abaco, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Neofibularia nolitangere | View Image Details |
Location: San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Neofibularia nolitangere | View Image Details |
Location: San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Neofibularia nolitangere | View Image Details |
Location: San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Neofibularia nolitangere | View Image Details |
Location: Bonaire, Netherland Antilles | Photographer: Joseph Pawlik |
Species: Neofibularia nolitangere | View Image Details |
Location: Curaçao, Netherland Antilles | Photographer: Joseph Pawlik |
Notes: “Touch-me-not sponge.” In the Bahamas it occurs as thick encrustation to tall masses with scattered wide and deep atria, maroon to orange-brown; oscules inside atria are directed diagonally upwards. In other Caribbean areas it consists of large vases/tubes, single or in groups, while in the Bahama it appears as if these vases had laterally fused. It produces strong itching when handled.
Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Link: World Porifera Database