Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- yellow
- cinnamon-tan
Morphology:
- branching
- bushy
- lobate
Consistency:
- tough
Locations:
- Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Tan or mustard yellow, antler like, erect irregular cylinders arising from the sandy or rubble bottom, single or in groups. There is a large portion buried under the substratum. Formerly placed under genus Spheciospongia, and also known erroneously as Xestospongia tierneyi (see Wiedenmayer, 1977 and Vicente et al., 1991), although the original Prianos tierneyi de Laubenfels, 1934 is a junior synonym of Spheciospongia vesparium (Lamarck, 1815).
Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1815)
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
cuspidifera
- Location: San Salvador, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Great Abaco, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Great Abaco, 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