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Observed Characteristics:
Color:
yellow
cream
cinnamon-tan
Morphology:
encrusting
Consistency:
tough
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Shiny mustard yellow to greenish yellow, tough encrustations with paler oscular areas (often in a star pattern). It inhabits reefs, sometimes overgrowing live corals.
Author Reference: Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007
Link: World Porifera Database
Images
Chondrilla caribensis forma hermatypica
Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea
Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea
Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea
Location: Bahamas, Cat Cays - Bimini
Photographer: Sven Zea
Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
Location: Bahamas, Northern Exuma Cays
Photographer: Sven Zea