Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- blue
- pink-lilac
Morphology:
- branching
- bushy
- encrusting
- lobate
- massive
- tube
Consistency:
- soft
Locations:
- Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Usually made of soft, erect and tangled branches, rather transparent, navy blue; scattered oscules with transparent collars; when oscules are on top of branches, they appear as tubes. Can be also encrusting or massive.
Author Reference: de Laubenfels, 1936
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
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- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea