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Chalinula zeae
Species: Chalinula zeae | View Image Details |
Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Tadeusz Molinski |
Species: Chalinula zeae | View Image Details |
Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Tadeusz Molinski |
Species: Chalinula zeae | View Image Details |
Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Species: Chalinula zeae | View Image Details |
Location: Northern Exuma Cays, Bahamas | Photographer: Sven Zea |
Notes: Orange encrustation with a whitish, transparent skin; oscules and exhalant canals conform a star pattern in the surface. Could be easily confused with some Clathria species (order Poecilosclerida, family Microcionidae) except that it has oxeas as main spicules instead of styles or subtylostyles.
Author Reference: de Weerdt, 2000
Link: World Porifera Database