Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- gray
- green
Morphology:
- branching
- fan
- lobate
Consistency:
- soft
Locations:
- United States
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Gray-green erect branches, single or in groups; sometimes flattened, looking like and irregular ridge; oscules usually aligned; surface conulose, especially towards the tips. Consistency softly spongy, difficult to tear. Spicules oxea with rather blunt ends. It is probably an undescribed species, although being from South Florida, there may be old names available for it.
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
sp.-“gray-green branch-ridge”
- Location: Florida, Boynton Beach, United States
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Florida, Boynton Beach, United States
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Florida, Boynton Beach, United States
- Photographer: Sven Zea