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Pandaros
acanthifolium
Cliona
acephala
Calcifibrospongia
actinostromarioides
Geodia
aff. corticostylifera
Geodia
aff. gibberosa sp.4-“melon”
Geodia
aff. gibberosa sp.5
Cliona
aff. janitrix
Niphates
alba
Phorbas
amaranthus
Axinyssa
ambrosia
Niphates
amorpha
Cliona
amplicavata
Desmapsamma
anchorata
Cinachyrella
apion
Cliona
aprica
Monanchora
arbuscula
Aplysina
archeri
Iotrochota
arenosa
Callyspongia
armigera
Suberites
aurantiacus
Smenospongia
aurea
Coelocarteria
bartschi
Aplysina
bathyphila
Terpios
belindae
Iotrochota
birotulata
Siphonodictyon
brevitubulatum
Ircinia
campana
Neopetrosia
carbonaria
Cliona
caribbaea
Biemna
caribea
Chondrilla
caribensis forma caribensis
Chondrilla
caribensis forma hermatypica
Niphates
caribica
Aplysina
cauliformis -“brown erect morphotype”
Aplysina
cauliformis -“lilac creeping morphotype”
Ceratoporella
nicholsoni
Agelas
cerebrum
Agelas
cervicornis
Agelas
citrina
Leucaltis
clathria
Clathria
(Clathria) faviformis
Clathria
(Clathria) foliacea
Agelas
clathrodes
Spirastrella
coccinea
Chondrosia
collectrix
Amphimedon
complanata
Amphimedon
compressa
Agelas
conifera
Smenospongia
conulosa
Siphonodictyon
coralliphagum
Higginsia
coralloides
Axinella
corrugata
Aiolochroia
crassa
Aiolochroia
crassa -“yellow spherical morphotype”
Biemna
cribaria
Svenzea
cristinae
Tectitethya
crypta
Acanthella
cubensis
Cervicornia
cuspidifera
Cliothosa
delitrix
Xestospongia
deweerdtae “associated”
Xestospongia
deweerdtae “free living”
Niphates
digitalis
Axinella
?digitiformis
Agelas
dilatata
Agelas
dispar
Neopetrosia
dominicana
Cribrochalina
dura
Dysidea
etheria
Chelonaplysilla
“erecta”
Niphates
erecta
Callyspongia
?eschrichti
Callyspongia
fallax
Ircinia
felix -“brown, dark oscules, massive morphotype”
Ircinia
felix -“whitish, dark oscules, sprawling morphotype”
Ectyoplasia
ferox
Aplysina
fistularis
Svenzea?
flava
Cliona
flavifodina
Leucetta
floridana
Erylus
formosus
Aplysina
fulva
Dictyonella
funicularis
Verongula
gigantea
Strongylacidon
griseum
Myrmekioderma
gyroderma
Haliclona
(Halichoclona) magnifica
Plakortis
halichondrioides -“dark morphotype”
Plakortis
halichondrioides -“light brown morphotype”
Dercitus
(Halinastra) luteus
Halisarca
caerulea
Spirastrella
hartmani
Hyattella
cavernosa
Hyrtios
cavernosus
Tedania
ignis
Desmanthus
incrustans
Aplysina
insularis
Lissodendoryx
isodictyalis
Plakina
jamaicensis
Dysidea
janiae
Stelletta
kallitetilla
Tedania
klausi
Cinachyrella
kuekenthali
Aplysina
lacunosa
Mycale
laevis
Pione
lampa
Prosuberites
laughlini
Mycale
laxissima
Callyspongia
longissima
Dragmacidon
alvarezae
Artemisina
melana
Halichondria
(Halichondria) melanodocia
Placospherastra
micraster
Clathria
(Microciona) bulbotoxa
Clathria
(Microciona) calla
Clathria
(Microciona) echinata
Clathria
(Microciona) spinosa
Mycale
microsigmatosa
Chalinula
molitba
Axinella
morchella
Xestospongia
muta
Plakina
nathaliae
Geodia
neptuni
Asteropus
niger
Neofibularia
nolitangere
Merlia
normani
Igernella
notabilis
Spongia
“obscura” -“shaggy”
Spongia
“obscura” -“smooth”
Topsentia
ophiraphidites
Didiscus
oxeatus
Callyspongia
pallida
Geodia
papyracea
Cliona
peponaca
Aaptos
pernucleata
Petrosia
(Petrosia) pellasarca
Petrosia
(Petrosia) weinbergi
Plakinastrella
onkodes
Plakortis
angulospiculatus
Callyspongia
plicifera
Calyx
podatypa
Axinella
?pomponiae
Hyrtios
proteus
Neopetrosia
proxima
Chalinula
pseudomolitba
Topsentia
pseudoporrecta
Ptilocaulis
marquezii
Stelletta
pudica
Myrmekioderma
rea
Niphates
recondita
Verongula
reiswigi
Haliclona
(Reniera) ?ruetzleri
Haliclona
(Reniera) tubifera
Chondrosia
“reniformis”
Dragmacidon
reticulatum
Verongula
rigida
Neopetrosia
rosariensis
Batzella
rubra
Scopalina
ruetzleri
Agelas
sceptrum
Agelas
schmidti
Cliona
schmidtii
Lissodendoryx
sigmata
Siphonodictyon
siphonum
Haliclona
(Soestella) ?melana
Haliclona
(Soestella) ?twincayensis
Unidentified
-“soft with green filamentous algae”
Dysidea?
sp.
Diplastrella
sp.1
Plakortis
deweerdtaephila
Clathrina
sp.1-“yellow with tri- and tetractines”
Diplastrella
sp.2
Aaptos
sp.2-“brown tuberculate”
Placospongia
colombiensis
Dictyonella
sp.2-“with oxea”
Clathrina
sp.2-“yellow with only triactines”
Hyrtios?
sp.
Aaptos
sp.3-“light brown smooth”
Pleraplysilla
sp.
Geodia
sp.-“Biscayne Bay”
Ircinia
sp.-“black and smooth morphotype”
Smenospongia
sp.-“black massive”
Amphimedon?
sp.-“branching morphotype”
Amphimedon?
sp.-“castle morphotype”
Chondrilla
sp.-“cave, grayish morphotype”
Ircinia
sp.-“creamy/dirty morphotype”
Batzella
sp.-“creamy salmon”
Verongula
sp-.”fouled”
Hyrtios
sp.-“gray amphora”
Amphimedon
sp.-“gray-green branch-ridge”
Aplysina
sp.-“long branchelets”
Plakortis
sp.-“no spicules”
Acanthella
sp.-“orange bush-lobe-tube”
Axinella
sp.-“orange corrugated tubes”
Cliona
dioryssa
Niphates
sp.-“orange thick encrustation”
Axinella
sp.-“orange-yellow velvety tubes”
Smenospongia
sp.-“parrot green”
Neopetrosia
dendrocrevacea
Suberea
sp.-“soft Aplysina lacunosa”
Ircinia
sp.-“tigrina morphotype”
Amphimedon?
sp.-“tubular morphotype”
Xestospongia
sp.-“whitish thick encrustation”
Biemna
sp.-“yellow tough cushions”
Ircinia
strobilina
Callyspongia
strongylophora
Petrosia
(Strongylophora) davilai
Petrosia
(Strongylophora) sp.-“crumbly round volcano”
Neopetrosia
subtriangularis
Agelas
sventres
Polymastia
tenax
Callyspongia
tenerrima
Cliona
tenuis
Clathria
(Thalysias) curacaoensis
Clathria
(Thalysias) minuta
Clathria
(Thalysias) sp.3
Clathria
(Thalysias) virgultosa
Agelas
tubulata
Spongia
“tubulifera” -“fouled”
Svenzea?
tubulosa
Dragmaxia
undata
Callyspongia
vaginalis
Cliona
varians
Cribrochalina
vasculum
Cliona
vermifera
Spheciospongia
vesparium
Hyrtios
violaceus
Amphimedon
viridis
Ptilocaulis
walpersii
Agelas
wiedenmayeri
Siphonodictyon
xamaycaense
Unidentified
-“yellow fistules”
Axinyssa
yumae
Chalinula
zeae
Svenzea
zeai
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Geodia
aff. gibberosa sp.4-“melon”
Species:
Geodia
aff. gibberosa sp.4-“melon”
Location:
Plana Cays, Bahamas
Habitat:
deep reef
Photographer:
Joseph Pawlik
Picture Taken On:
2011-07-21 16:37:51
Picture Notes:
no image notes
Color:
green, yellow
Morphology:
spherical
Consistency:
hard
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