Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- red
- white
- orange
Morphology:
- branching
- encrusting
Consistency:
- tough
Locations:
- Bahamas
- United States
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Previously known as Clathria (Thalysias) juniperina (Lamarck, 1814) and also Rhaphidophlus juniperinus. Red, erect to repent branches, single or ramified; scattered oscules; surface nodulose. There are thickly encrusting specimens in high energy environments (shallow wave-exposed or in tidal currents).
Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1814)
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
(Thalysias) virgultosa
- Location: Bahamas, Great Abaco
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Bahamas, Great Abaco
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: United States, Florida Keys
- Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
- Location: Bahamas, Northern Exuma
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Bahamas, Northern Exuma Cays
- Photographer: Micha Ilan
- Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
- Photographer: Sven Zea