Color:
red
pink-lilac
Morphology:
encrusting
lobate
massive
tube
Consistency:
soft
tough
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
United States
Igernella notabilis
Notes: Originally placed under genus Euryades. Also known as Darwinella joyeuxi Topsent, 1889. Bright pink cushions or clumped branches-lobes with upper oscules. The color looks solid throughout the tissue. It has characteristic diactine and triactine spongin filaments that look like soft spicules.
Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Link: World Porifera Database