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Demospongiae > Agelasida > Agelasidae > Agelas schmidti

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

orange

Morphology:

branching
encrusting
lobate
papillated
tube

Consistency:

tough

Sample Locations:

Bahamas
United States

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Thin-walled, orange thin tubes and lobes arising from a crevice-filling mass. It may be a variation of Agelas sventres Lehnert & van Soest, 1996, also pictured here. Agelas wiedenmayeri Alcolado, 1984, pictured here, also has tubes arising from the substratum, but these are brown. Spicules are acanthostyles.

Author Reference: Wilson, 1902

 

Link: World Porifera Database

 

Images

Agelas schmidti


Location: Bahamas, Little San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Little San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Plana Cays
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: United States, Florida, Boynton Beach
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: United States, Florida, Boynton Beach
Photographer: Sven Zea