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Demospongiae > Haplosclerida > Niphatidae > Niphates digitalis

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