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Clathria (Clathria) foliacea
Species: Clathria (Clathria) foliacea | View Image Details |
Location: United States, Florida Keys | Photographer: Joseph Pawlik |
Species: Clathria (Clathria) foliacea | View Image Details |
Location: United States, Florida Keys | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Clathria (Clathria) foliacea | View Image Details |
Location: United States, Florida Keys | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Notes: Orange-red bushes with fan-like folds. Could be confused with other bushy species with similar color such as Monanchora arbuscula (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864), also pictured here. Florida and Gulf of Mexico records of Clathria prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786) may be attributed to this species, which lives further north in the western Atlantic. For a redescription see Gómez (2014).
Author Reference: Topsent, 1889
Link: World Porifera Database