Color:

yellow
green
cream
cinnamon-tan

Morphology:

encrusting
fan
massive

Consistency:

crumbly
tough

Sample Locations:

Bahamas

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Cliona varians

Notes: Previously placed under genus Anthosigmella. Encrusting and excavating sponge. Dull orange to tan or brownish, thick encrustations that may cover several square meters of substratum. Oscules are relatively large, paler and slighlty elevated.

Author Reference: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

 

Link: World Porifera Database