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Demospongiae > Poecilosclerida > Chondropsidae > Batzella sp.-"creamy salmon"

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

pink-lilac
orange
cream

Morphology:

lobate
massive
tube

Consistency:

soft

Sample Locations:

United States

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Thick encrustations, or masses, with irregular lobes. Skin color creamy, over an orange internal tissue, producing an overal withish salmon color. Consistency soft. Spicules are straight strongyles with one of the sides slightly engrossed and the other slighlty pointed, making them look like subtylostyles. Spicules are equal in shape to co-existing Batzella rubra (Alcolado, 1984), also pictured here, but shorter in length and slightly stouter. Needs to be compared to Batzella rosea van Soest, 1984.

Images

Batzella sp.-"creamy salmon"


Location: United States, Florida, Boynton Beach
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: United States, Florida, Boynton Beach
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: United States, Florida, Boynton Beach
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: United States, Florida, Boynton Beach
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: United States, Florida Keys
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik

Location: United States, Florida Keys
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik