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Demospongiae > Dictyoceratida > Irciniidae > Ircinia sp.-“tigrina morphotype”

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

white
brown
cream

Morphology:

lobate
massive
spherical

Consistency:

tough

Locations:

Bahamas

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Globular sponges with large and packed conules. Color usually creamy or grayish. Oscules are usually grouped on top, on a depression, but can conform scattered groups. There are often groups of pores on the sides of the sponge, but this may not be unique to this species. It is what Vacelet (1990) calls Ircinia sp. from St. Barthelemy, dubbed by him Ircinia “tigrina” (pers. comm.). It may also conform to what Rützler (1988) calls I. felix forma acuta (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864), although van Soest (1978) had considered it to be I. strobilina. It also needs to be compared with I. sergipana Sandes & Pinheiro, 2014 from Brazil.

Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1816)