Color:

blue
gray
pink-lilac

Morphology:

tube
vase

Consistency:

tough

Sample Locations:

Bahamas
United States

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Niphates digitalis

Notes: Thick vases to thin inverted cones, sometimes becoming fans. Light gray with pinkish or bluish hues; surface spiny, especially on the rim of the atrium. Spicules are pointed oxea.

Author Reference: (Lamarck, 1814)

 

Link: World Porifera Database