Color:

blue
gray
pink-lilac
cream

Morphology:

branching
tube

Consistency:

tough

Sample Locations:

Bahamas
United States

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Callyspongia fallax

Notes: Bluish or pinkish tubes, usually low, in groups; may be massive or thickly encrusting with oscular mounds; stiffly spongy; tissue clears away easily, leaving the skeleton clean upon squeezing.

Author Reference: Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

 

Link: World Porifera Database