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Observed Characteristics:
Color:
red
white
orange
Morphology:
branching
encrusting
Consistency:
tough
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
United States
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Previously known as Clathria (Thalysias) juniperina (Lamarck, 1814) and also Rhaphidophlus juniperinus. Red, erect to repent branches, single or ramified; scattered oscules; surface nodulose. There are thickly encrusting specimens in high energy environments (shallow wave-exposed or in tidal currents).
Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1814)
Link: World Porifera Database
Images
Clathria (Thalysias) virgultosa
Location: Bahamas, Great Abaco
Photographer: Sven Zea
Location: Bahamas, Great Abaco
Photographer: Sven Zea
Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea
Location: United States, Florida Keys
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
Location: Bahamas, Northern Exuma Cays
Photographer: Sven Zea
Location: Bahamas, Northern Exuma Cays
Photographer: Micha Ilan
Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea