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Observed Characteristics:
Color:
blue
pink-lilac
Morphology:
encrusting
Consistency:
tough
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Encrusting light blue or pinkish leathery patches with darker star patterns of oscules and confluent exhalant canals. No spicules.
Author Reference: Vacelet & Donadey, 1987
Link: World Porifera Database
Images
Halisarca caerulea
Location: Bahamas, Little San Salvador
Photographer: Micha Ilan
Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Tadeusz Molinski
Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Tadeusz Molinski
Location: Bahamas, Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands
Photographer: Sven Zea