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Observed Characteristics:
Color:
red
pink-lilac
Morphology:
encrusting
lobate
massive
tube
Consistency:
soft
tough
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
United States
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Originally placed under genus Euryades. Also known as Darwinella joyeuxi Topsent, 1889. Bright pink cushions or clumped branches-lobes with upper oscules. The color looks solid throughout the tissue. It has characteristic diactine and triactine spongin filaments that look like soft spicules.
Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Link: World Porifera Database
Images
Igernella notabilis
Location: Bahamas, Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands
Photographer: Sven Zea
Location: Bahamas, Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
Location: Bahamas, Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands
Photographer: Sven Zea
Location: Bahamas, Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands
Photographer: Sven Zea
Location: United States, Florida Keys
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
Location: United States, Florida Keys
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
Location: United States, Florida Keys
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik