Color:
yellow
green
cream
cinnamon-tan
Morphology:
encrusting
fan
massive
Consistency:
crumbly
tough
Sample Locations:
Bahamas
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