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Hyrtios violaceus
Species: Hyrtios violaceus | View Image Details |
Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Hyrtios violaceus | View Image Details |
Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Hyrtios violaceus | View Image Details |
Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Hyrtios violaceus | View Image Details |
Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Hyrtios violaceus | View Image Details |
Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Hyrtios violaceus | View Image Details |
Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Notes: Also known as Oligoceras hemorraghes de Laubenfels, 1936. Sprawling, irregular, soft masses of interconnected repent fingers or blunt ridges with slightly elevated oscules located on top. Color brownish to purplish. Exudates purple ink but only sometime after collection.
Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Link: World Porifera Database