Color:
green
black
Morphology:
massive
Consistency:
crumbly
soft
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
Halichondria melanodocia
Notes: Black or dark gray irregular cushions,with greenish tinges, rather crumbly, with a few slighlty elevated oscules; skin a bit leathery, with visible reticulation of tangentially placed spicules, which can be detached. It grows on mangrove roots and seagrass beds.
Author Reference: de Laubenfels, 1936
Link: World Porifera Database