Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- cream
Morphology:
- branching
Consistency:
- soft
Locations:
- Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Whitish-creamy branches, rather soft and limp. Identification remains tentative until further material can be analyzed and comparisons can be made. It has slightly shorter spicules and it is softer than H. magnifica de Weerdt, Rützler & Smith, 1991 collected in the same area.
Author Reference: de Weerdt, Rützler & Smith, 1991
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
(Soestella) ?twincayensis
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Micha Ilan