Color:

gray
black

Morphology:

fan
lobate
massive
spherical

Consistency:

tough

Sample Locations:

Bahamas
Martinique
Netherland Antilles

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Ircinia strobilina

Notes: Massive, globular, large. Jet black (shiny) or grayish (opaque) black. Large conules often connected by ridges. Oscules often grouped on the top, located in a large depression in larger individuals. There are two individuals included tentatively here (24, no photo; 134, photo), pending further work.

Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1816)

 

Link: World Porifera Database