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Demospongiae > Dictyoceratida > Dysideidae > Dysidea? sp.

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

blue
pink-lilac

Morphology:

encrusting
massive

Consistency:

soft

Sample Locations:

Bahamas

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Light pinkish to bluish, thickly encrusting, with prominent conules. Specimens lost for taxonomic identification; they may not be the same species. They look similar to some specimens of Dysidea etheria, also pictured here.

Images

Dysidea? sp.


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

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