Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- orange
Morphology:
- encrusting
- massive
Consistency:
- soft
Locations:
- Bahamas
- United States
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Originally placed under genus Keratilum. Soft cushions with wide oscules on elevations. Orange to salmon skin; interior bright orange. Creamy, lighter colored stripes radiate from an equally lighter oscular rim. Spicules are straight strongyles to strongyloxeas, with one end slightly thicker, almost like a subtylostyle. This is most likely the same as Batzella rosea van Soest, 1984.
Author Reference: (Alcolado, 1984)
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
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- Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Cat Cays - Bimini, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Florida, Boynton Beach, United States
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Cat Cays - Bimini, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea