Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- gray
- orange
Morphology:
- tube
- vase
Consistency:
- tough
Locations:
- Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Long, single vases-tubes; gray. It has been synonymyzed under Callyspongia vaginalis (Lamarck, 1814), but currently considered in the World Porifera Database as a valid, separate species. Further analyses may be needed to confirm this.
Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
longissima
- Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas
- Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
- Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea