Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

  • brown
  • cinnamon-tan

Morphology:

  • tube

Consistency:

  • tough

Sample Locations:

  • Bahamas
  • United States

Agelas wiedenmayeri

Notes: Brown clusters of tubes coming up from a basal, crevice filling mass. Similarly-looking but orange tubes are Agelas schmidti Wilson, 1902, also pictured here. Spicules are acanthostyles.

Author Reference: Alcolado, 1984

 

Link: World Porifera Database