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Demospongiae > Agelasida > Agelasidae > Agelas dispar

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

brown

Morphology:

branching
fan
lobate
vase

Consistency:

tough

Sample Locations:

Bahamas

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Brown, massive, lobate, club-shaped, fan-shaped. Surface pierced by numerous round to elongated-contorted holes, interspersed between round oscules with slightly elevated collars. Club shaped, thin individuals can be confused with Agelas cervicornis<(i> (Schmidt, 1870), also pictured here, which is branching and usually thinner. Spicules are acanthostyles.

Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

 

Link: World Porifera Database

 

Images

Agelas dispar


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, Little San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Egg Island
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

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, NW Passage
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, NW Passage
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Little San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location:
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Long Island
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Long Island
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Long Island
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Long Island
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, Little San Salvador
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Mira por Vos Cays
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik

Location: Bahamas, Mira por Vos Cays
Photographer: Joseph Pawlik