Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- green
- black
Morphology:
- massive
Consistency:
- crumbly
- soft
Locations:
- Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Black or dark gray irregular cushions,with greenish tinges, rather crumbly, with a few slighlty elevated oscules; skin a bit leathery, with visible reticulation of tangentially placed spicules, which can be detached. It grows on mangrove roots and seagrass beds.
Author Reference: de Laubenfels, 1936
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
(Halichondria) melanodocia
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Micha Ilan
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Tim Wong
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Micha Ilan