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Amphimedon compressa
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Plana Cays, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Cat Cays - Bimini, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Florida, Boynton Beach, United States | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Florida, Boynton Beach, United States | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Northern Exuma Cays, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Northern Exuma Cays, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Saint Lucia | Photographer: Joseph Pawlik |
| Species: Amphimedon compressa | View Image Details |
| Location: Saint Lucia | Photographer: Joseph Pawlik |
Notes: Thickly encrusting, massive, flabellated or branching, from dark brown to purple to bright red, sometimes dark orange; all apparently seem the same species, with a reticulation of spongin fibers filled with oxea spicules. Dark specimens may be confused with black Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850), also pictured here.
Author Reference: Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Link: World Porifera Database