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Demospongiae > Hadromerida > Suberitidae > Suberites aurantiacus

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

gray
yellow
green
orange

Morphology:

branching
lobate

Consistency:

tough

Sample Locations:

Bahamas
Colombia

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Also placed under genus Terpios, and known also as Terpios zeteki de Laubenfels, 1936. Tangled, finger-shaped or lobular branches in lagoonal, usually brackish environments. Internal color can be orange to yellow, tinged in the surface with gray, green, purple tones. Wide and deep oscules on top and sides of branches. Upon handling, the skin retracts; the sponge then is reminiscent of a Codium green alga.

Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

 

Link: World Porifera Database

 

Images

Suberites aurantiacus


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