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Demospongiae > Agelasida > Agelasidae > Agelas dispar

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

  • brown

Morphology:

  • branching
  • fan
  • lobate
  • vase

Consistency:

  • tough

Locations:

  • Bahamas

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Brown, massive, lobate, club-shaped, fan-shaped. Surface pierced by numerous round to elongated-contorted holes, interspersed between round oscules with slightly elevated collars. Club shaped, thin individuals can be confused with Agelas cervicornis<(i> (Schmidt, 1870), also pictured here, which is branching and usually thinner. Spicules are acanthostyles.

Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

 

Link: World Porifera Database

Tissue and Spicule Images

Images

dispar

  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: San Salvador, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Egg Island, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: NW Passage, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: NW Passage, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Not available
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Long Island, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Long Island, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Long Island, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Long Island, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Long Island, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Long Island, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: San Salvador, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Location: Mira por Vos Cays, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
  • Location: Mira por Vos Cays, Bahamas
  • Photographer: Joseph Pawlik