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Demospongiae > Verongida > Aplysinidae > Aplysina lacunosa

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

red
yellow
cinnamon-tan

Morphology:

lobate
spherical
tube
vase

Consistency:

hard
tough

Sample Locations:

Bahamas

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Creamy yellow to brownish vases or tubes, riddled with roundish holes; usually hard. Not to be confused with Suberea sp.-"soft Aplysina lacunosa", which has mistakenly been included within this species in the past.

Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1814)

 

Link: World Porifera Database

 

Images

Aplysina lacunosa


Location: Bahamas, Little San Salvador
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik

Location: Bahamas, Great Abaco
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Plana Cays
Photographer: Sven Zea