Color:

yellow
brown
cream
cinnamon-tan

Morphology:

tube
vase

Consistency:

soft
tough

Sample Locations:

Bahamas

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Aplysina bathyphila

Notes: Tan to cream stalked, solid cups. This is the only stalked Aplysinid in The Caribbean. It inhabits the deep reef slopes. Pale specimens in caves and crevices. Variation in consistency and color may imply the existence of more than one species. It needs to be compared to A. ocracea Alcolado, 1984, which may be a senior synonym (P. Alcolado, pers. comm.).

Author Reference: Maldonado & Young, 1998

 

Link: World Porifera Database