Color:

gray
yellow
green
pink-lilac
orange
cream
cinnamon-tan

Morphology:

fan
spherical
tube
vase

Consistency:

tough

Sample Locations:

Bahamas
Martinique
Netherland Antilles
Saint Eustatius
Saint Lucia
United States

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Callyspongia vaginalis

Notes: Groups of cylindrical tubes, sometimes wider at the top, forming vases, grayish, pinkish, yellowish, with smooth conules. In the Florida Keys there are three co-existing morphotypes, gray, red, and yellow, which are not genetically distinct and appear to be the result of ecophenotypic plasticity due to some degree of ecological differentiation (see López-Legentil et al., 2010).

Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1814)

 

Link: World Porifera Database