Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

  • brown
  • orange
  • cinnamon-tan

Morphology:

  • branching
  • fan
  • massive

Consistency:

  • tough

Sample Locations:

  • Bahamas

Agelas dilatata

Notes: Light brown to tan fans, thin to rather thick; with many round oscules on the upper (exposed) surface. The underside (cryptic) is smooth, often riddled with dark zoanthids, and sometimes having a few scatteres oscules. Some specimens may take a flat-branching form, like that of some A. cervicornis (Schmidt, 1870), also pictured here, but the latter usually arise from a narrow, cylindrical base. Spicules are acanthostyles.

Author Reference: Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

 

Link: World Porifera Database