Color:
orange
cream
Morphology:
encrusting
Consistency:
soft
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
Chalinula zeae
Notes: Orange encrustation with a whitish, transparent skin; oscules and exhalant canals conform a star pattern in the surface. Could be easily confused with some Clathria species (order Poecilosclerida, family Microcionidae) except that it has oxeas as main spicules instead of styles or subtylostyles.
Author Reference: de Weerdt, 2000
Link: World Porifera Database