Color:

white
black
brown
orange
cream
cinnamon-tan

Morphology:

encrusting
massive
spherical
vase

Consistency:

tough

Sample Locations:

Bahamas
Colombia

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Chondrosia "reniformis"

Notes: Brown to blackish masses, sometimes with whitish spots; cave specimens may be light brown. Surface convoluted and shiny; oscules large and deep (sometimes not present). Consistency very tough and rubbery, owing to a strong and thick cartilaginous cortex. It does not have spicules. The name C. reniformis Nardo, 1847 is from The Mediterranean and thus the Caribbean material possibly needs a new name.

Author Reference: Nardo, 1847

 

Link: World Porifera Database