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Phorbas amaranthus
Species: Phorbas amaranthus | View Image Details |
Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Phorbas amaranthus | View Image Details |
Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Phorbas amaranthus | View Image Details |
Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Phorbas amaranthus | View Image Details |
Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Phorbas amaranthus | View Image Details |
Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Phorbas amaranthus | View Image Details |
Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Phorbas amaranthus | View Image Details |
Location: Florida Keys, United States | Photographer: Joseph Pawlik |
Species: Phorbas amaranthus | View Image Details |
Location: Florida Keys, United States | Photographer: Joseph Pawlik |
Species: Phorbas amaranthus | View Image Details |
Location: Florida Keys, United States | Photographer: Joseph Pawlik |
Species: Phorbas amaranthus | View Image Details |
Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Phorbas amaranthus | View Image Details |
Location: Florida Keys, United States | Photographer: Joseph Pawlik |
Species: Phorbas amaranthus | View Image Details |
Location: Florida Keys, United States | Photographer: Joseph Pawlik |
Species: Phorbas amaranthus | View Image Details |
Location: Florida Keys, United States | Photographer: Joseph Pawlik |
Notes: Red to purple, thin encrustations to thick cushions. It stains the fingers when handled. Surface with fields of round, slightly elevated areas which are fields of inhalant pore sieves. Oscules scatteres, slightly elevated or in volcano-like mounds. Florida populations grow upright, masive to lobate.
Author Reference: Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Link: World Porifera Database