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Observed Characteristics:
Color:
yellow
Morphology:
spherical
vase
Consistency:
tough
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Yellow spherical masses with scattered collared non-elevated oscules and low nodules (tops of ascending skeletal fibers). Sometimes there are large apical atria, conforming a vase. It status as a species separate from A. crassa Hyatt, 1875, needs to be evaluated.
Author Reference: (Hyatt, 1875)
Link: World Porifera Database
Images
Aiolochroia crassa -"yellow spherical morphotype"
Location: Bahamas, Plana Cays
Photographer: Sven Zea
Location: Bahamas, Little San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea
Location: Bahamas, Plana Cays
Photographer: Sven Zea
Location: Bahamas, Plana Cays
Photographer: Sven Zea