Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- yellow
Morphology:
- branching
- encrusting
- lobate
- massive
- tube
Consistency:
- soft
Locations:
- Bahamas
- Colombia
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Also known from the Caribbean as Biemna tubulata Dendy, 1905 (but is an Indian Ocean name). Yellow encrustations or oscular masses or sprawling tubules and branches. It grows on mangrove stilt roots or erect substrata on lagoonal environments.
Author Reference: Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
caribea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Islas de San Bernardo, Colombia
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Susanna López-Legentil