Color:
red
orange
Morphology:
massive
papillated
Consistency:
crumbly
soft
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
Tedania ignis
Notes: Bright orange, irregular masses with oscules located in lower mounds. The allocation of specimens to either T. ignis or T. klausi Wulff, 2006 was made after the photos were taken, so identification here is tentative. T. klausi has tall oscular chimneys with vertical inflated canals forming stripes. Very small, crack-filling papillated individuals growing in the open reef are herein arbitrarily refered to T. ignis.
Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Link: World Porifera Database