Color:
black
Morphology:
massive
Consistency:
crumbly
soft
tough
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
Asteropus niger
Notes: Massive, tough, with oscules in groups, shiny black externally and internally, surface rough. Spicules are long and very small oxeas, sanidasters and slender asters.
Author Reference: Hajdu & van Soest, 1992
Link: World Porifera Database