Color:
brown
Morphology:
branching
fan
lobate
vase
Consistency:
tough
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
Agelas dispar
Notes: Brown, massive, lobate, club-shaped, fan-shaped. Surface pierced by numerous round to elongated-contorted holes, interspersed between round oscules with slightly elevated collars. Club shaped, thin individuals can be confused with Agelas cervicornis<(i> (Schmidt, 1870), also pictured here, which is branching and usually thinner. Spicules are acanthostyles.
Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Link: World Porifera Database