Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- blue
- gray
- pink-lilac
Morphology:
- tube
- vase
Consistency:
- tough
Locations:
- Bahamas
- United States
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Thick vases to thin inverted cones, sometimes becoming fans. Light gray with pinkish or bluish hues; surface spiny, especially on the rim of the atrium. Spicules are pointed oxea.
Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1814)
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
digitalis
- Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas
- Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
- Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas
- Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
- Location: Cat Island, SW, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Plana Cays, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Not available
- Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Florida Keys, United States
- Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
- Location: San Salvador, Bahamas
- Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
- Location: Mira por Vos Cays, Bahamas
- Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
- Location: Mira por Vos Cays, Bahamas
- Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
- Location: Little Inagua, Bahamas
- Photographer: Not available
- Location: Plana Cays, Bahamas
- Photographer: Joseph Pawlik