Color:
Morphology:
Consistency:
Sample Locations:
Aiolochroia crassa -“yellow spherical morphotype”
Species: Aiolochroia crassa -“yellow spherical morphotype” | View Image Details |
Location: Plana Cays, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Aiolochroia crassa -“yellow spherical morphotype” | View Image Details |
Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Aiolochroia crassa -“yellow spherical morphotype” | View Image Details |
Location: Plana Cays, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Aiolochroia crassa -“yellow spherical morphotype” | View Image Details |
Location: Plana Cays, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Notes: Yellow spherical masses with scattered collared non-elevated oscules and low nodules (tops of ascending skeletal fibers). Sometimes there are large apical atria, conforming a vase. It status as a species separate from A. crassa Hyatt, 1875, needs to be evaluated.
Author Reference: (Hyatt, 1875)
Link: World Porifera Database