Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- blue
- gray
- pink-lilac
- cream
Morphology:
- branching
- tube
Consistency:
- tough
Locations:
- Bahamas
- United States
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Bluish or pinkish tubes, usually low, in groups; may be massive or thickly encrusting with oscular mounds; stiffly spongy; tissue clears away easily, leaving the skeleton clean upon squeezing.
Author Reference: Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
fallax
- Location: Sweetings Cay, 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
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Micha Ilan
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Micha Ilan
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Micha Ilan
- Location: Florida Keys, United States
- Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
- Location: Northern Exuma Cays, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea