Color:
yellow
brown
cream
cinnamon-tan
Morphology:
tube
vase
Consistency:
soft
tough
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
Aplysina bathyphila
Notes: Tan to cream stalked, solid cups. This is the only stalked Aplysinid in The Caribbean. It inhabits the deep reef slopes. Pale specimens in caves and crevices. Variation in consistency and color may imply the existence of more than one species. It needs to be compared to A. ocracea Alcolado, 1984, which may be a senior synonym (P. Alcolado, pers. comm.).
Author Reference: Maldonado & Young, 1998
Link: World Porifera Database