Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2004-06-14 15:50:47
  • Picture Notes: Being smooth it did not look like an Ircinia, but it smelled like one and had the spongin fibrils. Could be confused with Hyrtions cavernosus sensu Wiedenmayer, 1977.
  • Color: black
  • Morphology: massive
  • Consistency: tough