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Observed Characteristics:
Color:
gray
orange
Morphology:
tube
vase
Consistency:
tough
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
Species Description and Notes
Notes: Long, single vases-tubes; gray. It has been synonymyzed under Callyspongia vaginalis (Lamarck, 1814), but currently considered in the World Porifera Database as a valid, separate species. Further analyses may be needed to confirm this.
Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Link: World Porifera Database
Images
Callyspongia longissima
Location: Bahamas, Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
Location: Bahamas, Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands
Photographer: Sven Zea