Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- yellow
Morphology:
- papillated
Consistency:
- tough
Locations:
- Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Material was lost. Fresh section showed algal tissue. Could be Suberea flavolivescens (Hofman & Kielman, 1992), an excavating and cavity-filling sponge which turns purple when exposed to air and that lacks propper spicules. S. flavolivescens was originally described under genus Axinyssa, but then was transferred to the genus Suberea by Valderrama & Zea (2013) and Rützler et al. (2014) on the basis of having found scattered verongid-like fibers. A detailed study is currently under way.
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
-“yellow fistules”
- Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea