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Demospongiae > Agelasida > Astroscleridae > Ceratoporella nicholsoni

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

yellow
orange
cream
cinnamon-tan

Morphology:

encrusting
massive

Consistency:

hard

Sample Locations:

Bahamas

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Pink to yellowish, rounded masses, reminiscent of baby butts. Stony hard owing to its calcareous basal skeleton, which makes it a sclerosponge. Spicules are acanthostyles, curved, 120-310 µm. Found in mid depth (15 m) and deeper reef crevices.

Author Reference: (Hickson, 1911)

 

Link: World Porifera Database

 

Images

Ceratoporella nicholsoni


Location: Bahamas, San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, San Salvador
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik

Location: Bahamas, San Salvador
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik

Location: Bahamas, Northern Exuma Cays
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Little Inagua
Photographer: Sven Zea