Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- brown
Morphology:
- branching
Consistency:
- soft
Locations:
- Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: A tangled mass of thin, brown, elastic branches. Not to be confused with Haliclona ?ruetzleri de Weerdt, 2002, also pictured here, which has thinner branches, is softer, and has an unispicular reticulation of oxea spicules (compared to a reticulation of spongin fibers with cored spicules typical of Callyspongia in C. strongylophora).
Author Reference: Hartman, 1955
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
strongylophora
- Location: Great Abaco, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea