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Aplysina bathyphila
Species: Aplysina bathyphila | View Image Details |
Location: San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Aplysina bathyphila | View Image Details |
Location: San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Aplysina bathyphila | View Image Details |
Location: Egg Island, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Aplysina bathyphila | View Image Details |
Location: San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Aplysina bathyphila | View Image Details |
Location: San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Aplysina bathyphila | View Image Details |
Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Aplysina bathyphila | View Image Details |
Location: San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Aplysina bathyphila | View Image Details |
Location: San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Aplysina bathyphila | View Image Details |
Location: Northern Exuma Cays, Bahamas | Photographer: Joseph Pawlik |
Notes: Tan to cream stalked, solid cups. This is the only stalked Aplysinid in The Caribbean. It inhabits the deep reef slopes. Pale specimens in caves and crevices. Variation in consistency and color may imply the existence of more than one species. It needs to be compared to A. ocracea Alcolado, 1984, which may be a senior synonym (P. Alcolado, pers. comm.).
Author Reference: Maldonado & Young, 1998
Link: World Porifera Database