Color:

red
pink-lilac

Morphology:

encrusting
lobate
massive
tube

Consistency:

soft
tough

Sample Locations:

Bahamas
United States

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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