Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- red
- black
- brown
- orange
- purple-violet
- cinnamon-tan
Morphology:
- branching
- encrusting
- fan
- massive
Consistency:
- soft
- tough
Locations:
- Bahamas
- Saint Lucia
- United States
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Thickly encrusting, massive, flabellated or branching, from dark brown to purple to bright red, sometimes dark orange; all apparently seem the same species, with a reticulation of spongin fibers filled with oxea spicules. Dark specimens may be confused with black Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850), also pictured here.
Author Reference: Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
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- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Plana Cays, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Cat Cays - Bimini, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Florida, Boynton Beach, United States
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Florida, Boynton Beach, United States
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Northern Exuma Cays, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Northern Exuma Cays, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Saint Lucia
- Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
- Location: Saint Lucia
- Photographer: Joseph Pawlik