Observed Characteristics:
Color:
- yellow
- cream
- cinnamon-tan
Morphology:
- encrusting
Consistency:
- tough
Locations:
- Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Shiny mustard yellow to greenish yellow, tough encrustations with paler oscular areas (often in a star pattern). It inhabits reefs, sometimes overgrowing live corals.
Author Reference: Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007
Link: World Porifera Database
Tissue and Spicule Images
Images
caribensis forma hermatypica
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Cat Cays - Bimini, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea
- Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
- Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
- Location: Northern Exuma Cays, Bahamas
- Photographer: Sven Zea