Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- gray
- yellow
- cream
Morphology:
- lobate
- tube
Consistency:
- tough
Locations:
- Bahamas
- Colombia
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Cream-gray to yellow lobes with a top oscule, to high, thick-walled tubes. It may also be cushion-shaped with scattered, slightly elevated oscules. Consistency tough. There is geographic variation in megasclere spicule calthrops size, being larger and stouter in the Southern Caribbean. There are several new Plakinastrella recently described from Brazil (Moraes & Muricy, 2003; Domingos et al., 2013) that need to be compared in detail with this species.
Author Reference: Uliczka, 1929
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
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- Location: Great Abaco, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Santa Marta, Colombia
- Photographer: Sven Zea