Color:
black
brown
purple-violet
Morphology:
encrusting
lobate
massive
tube
Consistency:
soft
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
Hyrtios violaceus
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