Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- blue
- pink-lilac
Morphology:
- encrusting
Consistency:
- tough
Locations:
- Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Encrusting light blue or pinkish leathery patches with darker star patterns of oscules and confluent exhalant canals. No spicules.
Author Reference: Vacelet & Donadey, 1987
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
caerulea
- Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas
- Photographer: Micha Ilan
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Tadeusz Molinski
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Tadeusz Molinski
- Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea