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Observed Characteristics:
Color:
orange
Morphology:
encrusting
Consistency:
soft
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Thin, orange encrustations; small oscules dispersed throughout the surface. Distinguished from other orange encrustations by its pin-like tylostyle spicules with lobed heads.
Author Reference: Rützler & Smith, 1993
Link: World Porifera Database
Images
Terpios belindae
Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea