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Batzella rubra
Species: Batzella rubra | View Image Details |
Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Batzella rubra | View Image Details |
Location: Cat Cays - Bimini, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Batzella rubra | View Image Details |
Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Batzella rubra | View Image Details |
Location: Florida, Boynton Beach, United States | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Batzella rubra | View Image Details |
Location: Cat Cays - Bimini, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Notes: Originally placed under genus Keratilum. Soft cushions with wide oscules on elevations. Orange to salmon skin; interior bright orange. Creamy, lighter colored stripes radiate from an equally lighter oscular rim. Spicules are straight strongyles to strongyloxeas, with one end slightly thicker, almost like a subtylostyle. This is most likely the same as Batzella rosea van Soest, 1984.
Author Reference: (Alcolado, 1984)
Link: World Porifera Database