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Demospongiae > Dictyoceratida > Dysideidae > Dysidea etheria

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

blue
pink-lilac

Morphology:

branching
bushy
encrusting
lobate
massive
tube

Consistency:

soft

Sample Locations:

Bahamas

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Usually made of soft, erect and tangled branches, rather transparent, navy blue; scattered oscules with transparent collars; when oscules are on top of branches, they appear as tubes. Can be also encrusting or massive.

Author Reference: de Laubenfels, 1936

 

Link: World Porifera Database

 

Images

Dysidea etheria


Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea