Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- orange
Morphology:
- massive
Consistency:
- crumbly
- soft
Locations:
- Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Bright orange to vermillion masses with upright oscular chimneys which have vertical stripes made of inflated canals. The allocation of specimens to either T. klausi or T. ignis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) was made after the photos were taken, so identification here is tentative. T. ignis does not have the tall oscular chimneys; oscules lie on lower cones or flush to the surface.
Author Reference: Wulff, 2006
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
klausi
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: mangrove/coastal lagoon