Location: Plana Cays, Bahamas

Habitat: deep reef

Photographer: Sven Zea

Picture Taken On: 2011-07-20 22:01:06

Picture Notes: Spicules are tylostyles 300-500 µm. It has stout spiraster microscleres (as in S. coccinea), reaching 45-50 µm.

Color: orange

Morphology: encrusting

Consistency: tough