Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- orange
Morphology:
- encrusting
Consistency:
- soft
Locations:
- Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Thin, orange encrustations; small oscules dispersed throughout the surface. Distinguished from other orange encrustations by its pin-like tylostyle spicules with lobed heads.
Author Reference: Rützler & Smith, 1993
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
belindae
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea