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Demospongiae > Poecilosclerida > Desmacellidae > Biemna caribea

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

yellow

Morphology:

branching
encrusting
lobate
massive
tube

Consistency:

soft

Sample Locations:

Bahamas
Colombia

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Also known from the Caribbean as Biemna tubulata<(i> Dendy, 1905 (but is an Indian Ocean name). Yellow encrustations or oscular masses or sprawling tubules and branches. It grows on mangrove stilt roots or erect substrata on lagoonal environments.

Author Reference: Pulitzer-Finali, 1986

 

Link: World Porifera Database

 

Images

Biemna caribea


Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Colombia, Islas de San Bernardo
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Susanna López-Legentil