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Demospongiae > Agelasida > Agelasidae > Agelas sceptrum

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

yellow
orange
cinnamon-tan

Morphology:

branching

Consistency:

tough

Sample Locations:

Bahamas

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Withish orange, creeping or erect branches, sometimes flattened or contorted. Oscules dispersed throughout the surface, usually with a collar. Sometimes with dark zoanthids. It can be confused with branching Agelas cervicornis (Schmidt, 1870), which is brown. Spicules acanthostyles.

Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1815)

 

Link: World Porifera Database

 

Images

Agelas sceptrum


Location: Bahamas, Little San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Plana Cays
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Plana Cays
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Plana Cays
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Plana Cays
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Plana Cays
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Plana Cays
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik

Location: Bahamas, Little San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Little San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Long Island
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Long Island
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: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Little San Salvador
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik

Location: Bahamas, Plana Cays
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik