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Demospongiae > Dictyoceratida > Dysideidae > Dysidea? sp.

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

  • blue
  • pink-lilac

Morphology:

  • encrusting
  • massive

Consistency:

  • soft

Locations:

  • Bahamas

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Light pinkish to bluish, thickly encrusting, with prominent conules. Specimens lost for taxonomic identification; they may not be the same species. They look similar to some specimens of Dysidea etheria, also pictured here.

Tissue and Spicule Images

Images

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  • Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea