Acepted_Scientific_Name_Host,Description_Morpho,Functional_Morpho_subgroup,Functional_Morpho,Description_Name,Description_original_language,Description_english,Reference,URL Agelas_clathrodes,Rounded or lobate,Compositie-massive,Massive,Agelas_clathrodes,"The shape of this species can be flabellated, fan-shaped (with a narrow base) or, commonly, it can have an ear-like shape with rounded or lobate margins, sometimes converging to vase shape.","The shape of this species can be flabellated, fan-shaped (with a narrow base) or, commonly, it can have an ear-like shape with rounded or lobate margins, sometimes converging to vase shape.","Parra-Velandia F J, Zea S, Van Soest R W M (2014). Reef sponges of the genus Agelas (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Greater Caribbean",https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.1 Agelas_conifera,Cone-shaped,Tubular cup,Cup-like,Chalinopsis conifera,Aus gemeinschaftlicher astartiger Basis erheben sich kegelförmige Individuen mit winter CantralHöle und gegen 8mm weitem Osculum. Di Nadel mit gegen 15 Wirtlen sind etwas über 0.04mm breit. Die nahe Verwandtschaft dieser Form mit demjenigen Schwamme,Cone-shaped individuals rise from the common knot-like base with winter cantral hollows and osculum 8mm wide. The needle with about 15 whorls are just over 0.04mm wide. The close relationship of this form with that sponge,"de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Carballo, J.L.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2023). World Porifera Database. Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870). ",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=8180 Agelas_dispar,Massive,Simple-massive,Massive,Agelas dispar,"Espèces pédiculée, renflée en forme de masse arrondie vers son som-met et souvent un peu aplatie vers sa partie supérieure.","Species pedunculated, swollen in the form of a rounded mass towards its som-met and often a little flattened towards its upper part","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Agelas_sceptrum,Branching,Branching,Erect,Alcyonium sceptrum,"Mais Pexemplaire du Muséum est point rameux , et les trous de sa surface sont nombreux, les uns épars, les autres rapprochés et comme groupés par places Couchée et elle rampe sur les pierres comprimés et très-nombreux, ce qui rend cette espèce très-hérissée.","But Pexemplaire of the Museum is not rowy, and the holes of its surface are numerous, some scattered, others close together and as grouped by places lying down and it crawls on the stones compressed and very numerous, which makes this species very bristly.","Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7764 Agelas_sventres,Massive-lobate,Simple-massive,Massive,Agelas sventres,"It has a bulbous, massive-lobate to ball form; 30–60 cm long axis and 10–40 cm short axis; balls 10–40 cm in diameter. In some of our studied areas","It has a bulbous, massive-lobate to ball form; 30–60 cm long axis and 10–40 cm short axis; balls 10–40 cm in diameter. In some of our studied areas","Parra-Velandia F J, Zea S, Van Soest R W M (2014). Reef sponges of the genus Agelas (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Greater Caribbean",https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.1 Aiolochroia_crassa,Rounded tubercles,Compositie-massive,Massive,Dendrospongia crassa ,"Aiolochroia crassa is characterized by its yellow, orange, green, or purplish color in vivo, a surface with rounded tubercles that surround depressions which give it a polygonal appearance, and fibers in a dendritic pattern with some reticulated areas in the subsurface region","Aiolochroia crassa is characterized by its yellow, orange, green, or purplish color in vivo, a surface with rounded tubercles that surround depressions which give it a polygonal appearance, and fibers in a dendritic pattern with some reticulated areas in the subsurface region","Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. Zootaxa. 5031 (1): 001–112.",https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1 Amphimedon_compressa,Massive,Simple-massive,Massive,Amphimedon compressa,"Masse large , comprimée à peu près de la forme de la main lorsqu'elle est ouverte et les doigts rapprochés","Wide mass, compressed approximately the shape of the hand when open and fingers close together","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Amphimedon_viridis,Encrusting,Encrusting,Crust-like,Amphimedon viridis,"Cette éponge qui est cylindrique et allongée , n'est pas dressée mais couchée et elle rampe sur les pierres","This sponge, which is cylindrical and elongated, is not erect but lying down and it crawls on the stones.","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Aplysina_archeri,Tube,Tube-like,Cup-like,Luffaria archeri ,"The form of this sponge is that of a tube which gradually increases in width as it increases in length up to its free end, which is somewhat constricted","The form of this sponge is that of a tube which gradually increases in width as it increases in length up to its free end, which is somewhat constricted","Higgin, T. (1875). On a new sponge of the genus Luffaria, from Yucatan, in the Liverpool Free Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 16: 223-227.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=47804 Aplysina_bathyphila,Goblet-shaped,Vases,Cup-like,Aplysina bathyphila,"Stalked, goblet-shaped sponge. ","Stalked, goblet-shaped sponge. ","Maldonado, M.; Young, C.M. (1998). Reevaluation of stalked Aplysinid sponges, with description of a new species from the upper Bahamian slope. Bulletin of Marine Science. 63(2): 417-426.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7908 Aplysina_cauliformis,Cylindrical branches,Branching,Erect,Aplysina cauliformis,"Specimens consist of slender cylindrical branches with regular diameter, single or grouped, sometimes with anastomoses and ramifications. In studied specimens the projections present a maximum length of 36 cm, and maximum diameter of 1cm.","Specimens consist of slender cylindrical branches with regular diameter, single or grouped, sometimes with anastomoses and ramifications. In studied specimens the projections present a maximum length of 36 cm, and maximum diameter of 1cm.","Pinheiro, U.S.; Hajdu, E.; Custódio, M.R. (2007). Aplysina Nardo (Porifera, Verongida, Aplysinidae) from the Brazilian coast with description of eight new species. Zootaxa. 1609: 1-51.",http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.178878 Aplysina_fistularis,Tubular,Tube-like,Cup-like,Spongia fistularis,"Tubuleuse , simple , fragile , s'évasent peu-à-peu","Tubulous, simple, fragile, flare little by little",page(s): 8-10,https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourceget&id=382450 Aplysina_fulva,Long-rams,Branching,Erect,Spongia fulva,"Massae informes aut incruftantes; paflim ramls longis, terecibus, fubramofis, craflitie calami vel digiti vegetantes. Textura rigida, e fibris capillaceis, fragilibus, inordinatis, per ramos lubadfcendentius, denfiufcula , aequabiliter contexta","Shapeless or encrusting masses; growing with long rams, threshers, fubramofis, the craflitie of a pen or a finger. Rigid texture, from hairy fibers, fragile, disordered, through the branches lubadfcendente, denfiufcula, uniformly woven","Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. pp. 451, Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae",https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361 Aplysina_insularis,Branching,Branching,Erect,Luffaria insularis,"D'une base commune s'élèvent des rameaux courts soudés à leur base et devenant libres vers leur sommet. La partie libre de ces rameaux est d'environ un pouce , un peu plus ou un peu moins","From a common base rise short branches united at their base and becoming free towards their top. The free part of these branches is about an inch, a little more or a little less","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Aplysina_lacunosa,Tubular,Tube-like,Cup-like,Aplysina lacunosa,"Tubular sponge with a large apical pseudoscule, surface with irregular grooves","Tubular sponge with a large apical pseudoscule, surface with irregular grooves","Pinheiro, U.S.; Hajdu, E.; Custódio, M.R. (2007). Aplysina Nardo (Porifera, Verongida, Aplysinidae) from the Brazilian coast with description of eight new species. Zootaxa. 1609: 1-51.",http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.178878 Auletta_sycinularia,Delcate tubes,Branching,Erect,Auletta sycinularia,"Grupo de finos tubos delcados de paredes, que surgen de un estrecho pedunculo.","Group of thin delcate tubes of walls, arising from a narrow peduncle.",page(s): 8-10,https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=123766 Callyspongia_(Callyspongia)_fallax,Cluster of short tubes,Tube-like,Cup-like,Callyspongia fallax,"A cluster of short tubes laterally fused, erect, or repent","A cluster of short tubes laterally fused, erect, or repent","Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. Zootaxa. 5031 (1): 001–112.",https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1 Callyspongia_(Cladochalina)_aculeata,Tubular,Tubular cup,Cup-like,Spongia aculeata,"Tubuleuse, rameuse, tenace; Les trous accompagné de saillies épineuses","Tubulous, rowing, tenacious; Holes accompanied by thorny protrusions","Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville. 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324.",https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourceget&id=382450 Callyspongia_(Cladochalina)_armigera,Branching,Branching,Erect,Tuba amigera,D'une base commune s'élèvent quelques rameaux courts et tortueux variant de la grosseur du doigt à celle d'une plume à écrire,From a common base rise some short and tortuous branches varying from the size of the finger to that of a writing pen,"Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Callyspongia_(Cladochalina)_plicifera,Funnel,Vases,Cup-like,Spongia plicifera,"Spongia tubulosa, sub infundibuliformis , flexilis, luteo; extus plicistortuoso-sinuosis.","A tubular sponge, under a funnel, flexible, yellow; from the outside, plicistoruoso-sinuous"," Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=201209 Calyx_podatypa,Encrusting,Encrusting,Crust-like,Haliclona podatypa,"Massively incrusting, with a tendency to become lobate; surface fiaky, irregular, in places convoluted; oscules indistinct irregular openings.","Massively incrusting, with a tendency to become lobate; surface fiaky, irregular, in places convoluted; oscules indistinct irregular openings.",page(s): 435-436,https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7777 Clathria_(Clathria)_foliacea,Shrub shaped ,Erect-palmate,Erect,Clathria (Clathria) foliacea,"Is a shrub shaped sponge, pedunculate or not, the branchlets mainly flabellated.","Is a shrub shaped sponge, pedunculate or not, the branchlets mainly flabellated.","Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. Zootaxa. 5031 (1): 001–112.",https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1 Clathria_(Thalysias)_curacaoensis,Branching,Branching,Erect,Clathria copiosa var. curacaoensis ,"Das grösste der 4 Stücke, die anscheinend eine einzige Kolonie gebildet haben, ist eine unregelmässige, im grössten Durchmesser 3 cm breite Kruste, auf der sich schwach verzweigte Fortsetzungen erheben.","The largest of the 4 pieces that appear to be a single one Colony formed is an irregular one, in the largest Diameter 3 cm wide crust, on which poorly branched sequels rise","Arndt, W. (1927). Kalk- und Kieselschwämme von Curaçao. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 25: 133-158, pls I-III.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7081 Cliona_aprica,Bioeroder,Endolithic-bioeroding,Crust-like,Cliona aprica,"The sponge never completely overgrows the surface of the substrate. The internal lobes, dull yellow in life completely fill the spherical to ellipsoidal galleries… …Substrates. Acropora palmata (Lamarck), Pontes astreoides (Lesueur), dead coral, and coral rock.","The sponge never completely overgrows the surface of the substrate. The internal lobes, dull yellow in life completely fill the spherical to ellipsoidal galleries… …Substrates. Acropora palmata (Lamarck), Pontes astreoides (Lesueur), dead coral, and coral rock.","Pang, R.K. (1973). The systematics of some Jamaican excavating sponges (Porifera). Postilla. 161: 1-75.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=9295 Cliona_caribbaea,Excavating,Endolithic-bioeroding,Crust-like,Cliona caribbaea,"Sponge excavating; appearing on the surface of old coral (Porites) in irregularly scattered subcircular holes, varying in size under a quarter of an inch in diameter, which communicate through short channels with cavernous ragged excavations interiorly","Sponge excavating; appearing on the surface of old coral (Porites) in irregularly scattered subcircular holes, varying in size under a quarter of an inch in diameter, which communicate through short channels with cavernous ragged excavations interiorly","Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7342 Cliona_varians,Bioeroder,Endolithic-bioeroding,Crust-like,Thalysias varians,L'encroûtement cortical de notre éponge est très-résistant et d'une couleur fauve. La masse intérieure est très-poreuse et remplie d'une masse de petites cavernes.,"The cortical encrustation of our sponge is very resistant and of a tawny color. The interior mass is very porous, and filled with a mass of small caverns.","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Cliona_vermifera,Bioeroder,Endolithic-bioeroding,Crust-like,Cliona vermifera,"The surface of the excavations is strongly ehagreened, and exhibits a few","The surface of the excavations is strongly ehagreened, and exhibits a few","Hancock, A. (1867). Note on the Excavating Sponges; with Descriptions of four new Species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3)19(112): 229-242, pls VII-VIII.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7579 Cliothosa_delitrix,Bioeroder,Endolithic-bioeroding,Crust-like,Cliothosa delitrix,A very destructive species that always encrusts the surface of its substrate with a thin layer of red to red-orange tissue,A very destructive species that always encrusts the surface of its substrate with a thin layer of red to red-orange tissue,"Pang, R.K. (1973). The systematics of some Jamaican excavating sponges (Porifera). Postilla. 161: 1-75.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=9295 Cribrochalina_dura,Branching,Branching,Erect, Pachychalina aurantiaca var. dura ,"Body digitate and branched. Total height, 90 mm.; diameter, 8 to 15 mm. Surface smooth. Abundant sinall subdermal cavities","Body digitate and branched. Total height, 90 mm.; diameter, 8 to 15 mm. Surface smooth. Abundant sinall subdermal cavities","Wilson, H.V. (1902 [1900]). The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 2: 375-411.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=8594 Cribrochalina_vasculum,Bowl,Vases,Cup-like,Xestospongia calyx,"A bowl or thick-walled basin, with an especially small base","A bowl or thick-walled basin, with an especially small base","Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The porifera of the Bermuda archipelago. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 27(1): 1-154.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=396301 Desmapsamma_anchorata,Branching,Branching,Erect,Desmacidon carterianum,"Unregelmässige, mit Zapfen, Lappen und Wülsten versehene Massen, die sich in verzweigten Aesten erheben. ","Irregular masses, provided with cones, lobes and ridges, rising in branching branches.","Arndt, W. (1927). Kalk- und Kieselschwämme von Curaçao. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 25: 133-158, pls I-III.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7081 Dragmacidon_lunaecharta,Massive,Simple-massive,Massive,Axinella lunaecharta,"Massive, sessile. Diameter about 1 inch.","Massive, sessile. Diameter about 1 inch.","Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18: 325-351, 470-493.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=8095 Dysidea_variabilis,Massive,Simple-massive,Massive,Dysidea variabilis,It is a massive-globular sponge with several lobes of different sizes scattered over entire sponge,It is a massive-globular sponge with several lobes of different sizes scattered over entire sponge,"Ulgalde, D., Gómez, P. & Simôes, N. (2015). Marine sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Gulf of México, new records and redescription of Erylus trisphaerus (de Laubenfels, 1953). Zootaxa. 3911 (2): 151-183",https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3911.2.1 Ectyoplasia_ferox,Encrusting,Encrusting,Crust-like,Amphimedon ferox ,Espèce d'un rouge brique ; quand elle est vivante elle se présente sous l'aspect d'une lame encroûtante plus ou moins étendue à la surface des rochers et ayant une épaisseur de 3 à 4 lignes,Species of a brick red; when it is alive it appears as an encrusting blade more or less extended on the surface of the rocks and having a thickness of 3 to 4 lines,"Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Geodia_gibberosa,Globular,Ball,Massive,Geodia gibberosa,"Massive, irregularly lobate large sponge","Massive, irregularly lobate large sponge","Cárdenas, P.; Menegola, C.; Rapp, H.T.; Díaz, M.C. (2009). Morphological description and DNA barcodes of shallow-water Tetractinellida (Porifera: Demospongiae) from Bocas del Toro, Panama, with description of a new species. Zootaxa. 2276: 1–39.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=133492 Geodia_neptuni,Massive-cup,Massive cup,Cup-like,Synops neptuni,"It has the form of a somewhat conical cup with a large central cavity, rising from a base of 12 cm. diameter to a height of 40 cm.","It has the form of a somewhat conical cup with a large central cavity, rising from a base of 12 cm. diameter to a height of 40 cm.","Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series). 5: 177-199.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=8249 Hyattella_intestinalis,Unequal lobes,Fistular,Massive,Spongia intestinalis,"Sa masse se divise en lobes inégaux, diversement disposés, oblongs, cylindracés, tous creux, sans ouverture essentielle á laur extrémité; et la masse, ainsi que les lobes, se trouvent perforés par une multitude de crevasses irréguliéres.","Its mass is divided into unequal lobes, variously arranged, oblong, cylindrical, all hollow, without any essential opening at their extremity; and the mass, as well as the lobes, are perforated by a multitude of irregular fissures."," Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=201209 Hymeniacidon_caerulea,Encrusting,Encrusting,Crust-like,Hymeniacidon caerulea,"Thinly encrusting sponge, 5.7 cm in diameter, and less than 1 mm to 15 mm in thickness","Thinly encrusting sponge, 5.7 cm in diameter, and less than 1 mm to 15 mm in thickness",page(s): 435-436,https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1 Hyrtios_proteus,Lobular,Ball,Massive,Hyrtios proteus,"Espèce formée par un ou plusieurs lobes , ou bien de forme gibbeuse et marquée à sa surface par quelques crêtes obtuses et épaisses , toute sa surface est échinulée par de petits processus spiniformes ayant à peine une ligne de longueur et circonscrivant des mailles qui ont 1 à 2 lignes d'étendue","Species formed by one or more lobes, or gibbous shape and marked on its surface by a few obtuse and thick ridges, its entire surface is echinulate by small spiniform processes barely a line of length and circumscribing meshes which have 1 to 2 lines of extent","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Igernella_notabilis,Lobular,Ball,Massive,Euryades notabilis,"Espèce gibbeuse ou lobée, perforée de tubes nombreux ayant de 8 à 5 lignes de diamètre; l'orifice de ces tubes est souvent dégagé la masse commune, en sorte que ces espèces de syphons font une saillie de 3 à 4 lignes au-dessus de la masse commune","Gibbous or lobed species, perforated by numerous tubes of 8-5 lines of diameter; The orifice of these tubes is often cleared of the common mass, so that these syphon species protrude 3 to 4 lines above the common mass.","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Iotrochota_birotulata,Branching,Branching,Erect,Halichondria birotulata ,"The specimens from the Spanish main are of the massive and pyramidic form. In the latter the erect growth is not more than 3 inches in height, with a base of from 2 to 3 inches in diameter ; while among the massive forms, which cover pieces of coral, the largest specimen has a basal attach- ment of 6 to 7 inches, and extends laterally in an irregular lobe 5 to 6 inches. The branched form, known to us only by the specimen in the possession of Dr. Allen of Jamaica.","The specimens from the Spanish main are of the massive and pyramidic form. In the latter the erect growth is not more than 3 inches in height, with a base of from 2 to 3 inches in diameter ; while among the massive forms, which cover pieces of coral, the largest specimen has a basal attach- ment of 6 to 7 inches, and extends laterally in an irregular lobe 5 to 6 inches. The branched form, known to us only by the specimen in the possession of Dr. Allen of Jamaica.","Higgin, T. (1877). Description of some Sponges obtained during a Cruise of the Steam-Yacht ‘Argo' in the Caribbean and neighbouring Seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 19: 291-299, pl. XIV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7625 Ircinia_campana,Vase,Vases,Cup-like,Ircinia campana,"This is the vase-shaped Ircinia with conules of medium size, 4 to 8 mm apart","This is the vase-shaped Ircinia with conules of medium size, 4 to 8 mm apart","Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George's Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2). 31-71.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7891 Ircinia_felix,Lobular,Ball,Massive,Polytherses felix,"Sessile, arrondi, ou lobé; la surface est réticulée comme chez toutes les autres espèces et garnie de processus spiuiformes durs et rigides, comprimés latéralement et bien plus petits que chez l'espèce précédente.","Sessile, rounded, or lobed; The surface is reticulated as in all other species and lined with hard and rigid spiuiform processes, compressed laterally and much smaller than in the previous species.","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Ircinia_ramosa,Branching,Branching,Erect,Hircinia ramosa,"Bildet kriechende Äste, welche einige senkrechte Zweige emporschicken. Diese werden 8 cm hoch und sind walzig oder seitlich komprimirt","Forms creeping branches, which send up some vertical branches. These are 8 cm high and are cylindrical or laterally compressed","Keller, C. (1889). Die Spongienfauna des rothen Meeres (I. Hälfte). Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 48: 311-405, pls XX-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=8930 Ircinia_strobilina,Spherical/massive,Ball,Massive,Ircinia strobilina,"Generally, the sponge morphology is massive to spherical, supported by a skeletal network of fasciculated primary fibers packed by debris connected by secondary fibers.","Generally, the sponge morphology is massive to spherical, supported by a skeletal network of fasciculated primary fibers packed by debris connected by secondary fibers.","Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. Zootaxa. 5031 (1): 001–112.",https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1 Lissodendoryx_(Anomodoryx)_sigmata,Delta-bioeroder,Fistular,Massive,Xytopsene sigmatum,This species was found growing in sand where there was no eelgrass close by and seemed to be rather common in the southern portion of the lagoon... ...The species sigmatum is amorphous to massive,This species was found growing in sand where there was no eelgrass close by and seemed to be rather common in the southern portion of the lagoon... ...The species sigmatum is amorphous to massive,"Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1949). Sponges of the western Bahamas. American Museum Novitates. 1431: 1-25.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7788 Lissodendoryx_(Lissodendoryx)_colombiensis,Tubular massive,Compositie-massive,Massive,Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) colombiensis,"Tubular or massive sponges with lobes and chimneys, up to 30 cm diameter and 20 cm height; internal structure cavernous, with atrial spaces ending in pseudoscula (1–4 cm diameter); smooth surface with circular or elongate perforations; tough elastic but crumbles under pressure.","Tubular or massive sponges with lobes and chimneys, up to 30 cm diameter and 20 cm height; internal structure cavernous, with atrial spaces ending in pseudoscula (1–4 cm diameter); smooth surface with circular or elongate perforations; tough elastic but crumbles under pressure.","Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Díaz, M.C. (2007). Lissodendoryx: rediscovered type and new tropical western Atlantic species (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Coelosphaeridae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 87 (6): 1491-1510.",https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407059243 Lissodendoryx_(Lissodendoryx)_strongylata,Encrusting,Encrusting,Crust-like,Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) strongylata,"Encrusting or amorphous masses with oscula in depressions, not elevated on lobes or cones; interior bread-like porous; specimens reach 10 cm in diameter; very soft and crumbly, easily broken up.","Encrusting or amorphous masses with oscula in depressions, not elevated on lobes or cones; interior bread-like porous; specimens reach 10 cm in diameter; very soft and crumbly, easily broken up.","Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Díaz, M.C. (2007). Lissodendoryx: rediscovered type and new tropical western Atlantic species (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Coelosphaeridae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 87 (6): 1491-1510.",https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407059243 Monanchora_arbuscula,Branching,Erect-palmate,Erect,Pandaros arbusculum,"Plusieurs petits rameaux ayant environ une ligne de diamètre s'élè- vent du tronc commun , se divisent de distance en distance et s'anastomosent quelquefois ; ils se terminent à une hauteur à peu près égale en formant une toufi'e arrondie; vus à la loupe les rameaux principaux sont finement échinulés; les ramuscules sont un peu aplatis et se divisent en pinceaux.","Several small branches having about a line of diameter rise from the common trunk, divide from distance to distance and sometimes anastomose each other; they end at a height of approximately equal form, forming a rounded toufi'e; Seen with a magnifying glass the main branches are finely spined; The ruffles are a little flattened and divide into brushes.","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Mycale_(Arenochalina)_laxissima,Lobular,Ball,Massive,Acamas laxissima,"Espèce en trutfe arrondie ou lobée, fibres lâchement anastomosées de manière à constituer une éponge licheniforme","Species in rounded or lobed trout, fibres loosely anastomosed to form a licheniform sponge","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Neofibularia_nolitangere,Lobular mass,Simple-massive,Massive,Amphimedon nolitangere,"Masse épaisse, arrondie, lobée à sa surface. Chaque lobe est épais de 13 à 15 lignes et percé à son sommet d'un oscule qui a 4 à 5 lignes de diamètre.","Thick, rounded, lobed mass on its surface. Each lobe is 13 to 15 lines thick and pierced at its top by an oscule that is 4 to 5 lines in diameter.","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Neopetrosia_proxima,Branching,Branching,Erect,Thalysias proxima,"Espèce dressée en forme de main , divisée en forme de doigts à son sommet.","Species erect in the shape of a hand, divided in the shape of fingers at its apex.","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Neopetrosia_rosariensis,Cylindrical tubes/basal mass,Compositie-massive,Massive,Xestospongia rosariensi,One or several cylindrical tubes emerge from a basal mass,One or several cylindrical tubes emerge from a basal mass,"Zea, S.; Rützler, K. (1983). A new species of Xestospongia (Porifera, Demospongea) from the Colombian Caribbean. Caldasia. 10: 817-831. ",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=47599 Neopetrosia_subtriangularis,Branching,Branching,Erect,Spongia subtriangularis,"Parece ramosa, ramins compresso-trigonis, superficie sub-incrustata, porosa, osculis in angulis ramorum digestis","Branched, branches compressed-triangular, surface sub-encrusted, porous, divided by kisses at the corners of the branches"," Duchassaing de Fontbressin, P. (1850). Animaux radiaires des Antilles. (Plon Frères: Paris): 1-35, pls 1-2",http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6524263d/f7 Niphates_amorpha,Massive encrusting,Fistular,Massive,Niphates amorpha,"Massive incrustation, about 1 cm thick, with lateral repent outcrops. Oscules of two types: rounded with raised collars, or somewhat meandering, flush openings with irregular outline.","Massive incrustation, about 1 cm thick, with lateral repent outcrops. Oscules of two types: rounded with raised collars, or somewhat meandering, flush openings with irregular outline.","Van Soest, R.W.M. (1980). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 62 (191): 1-173.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=8475 Niphates_caycedoi,Branching,Branching,Erect,Xestospongia caycedoi,"Thickly incrusting masses to robust, erect or repent branches, up to 15 cm at maximum size and 5 cm in diameter.","Thickly incrusting masses to robust, erect or repent branches, up to 15 cm at maximum size and 5 cm in diameter.","Zea, S.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1986). Three new species of sponges from the Colombian Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science. 38: 355-365.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=23034 Niphates_digitalis,Single tube,Tubular cup,Cup-like,Tuba incerta,Cette espèce est constituée par un tube simple ou une masse flabe Uifornie composée de 4 à 5 tubes comprimés et réunist par leur côté jusqu'à leur somme,This species consists of a single tube or a Uifornia flabe mass composed of 4 to 5 compressed tubes and joins by their side until their sum,"Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Niphates_erecta,Branching,Branching,Erect,Niphates erecta,Phythoïde composée de rameaux parallèles qui naissent dès la base ou à une très-petite hauteur; la surface est hérissée de pinceaux courts et nombreux.,"Phythoid composed of parallel branches that arise from the base or at a very small height; The surface is bristling with short and numerous brushes. ","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Pandaros_acanthifolium,Bushy,Erect-palmate,Erect,Pandaros acanthifolium,"Masse flabelliforme , pédiculée à sa base , sa partie supérieure qui représente un éventail est percée à jour sur plusieurs points. La tige comme les expansions sont couvertes de pinceaux grêles , allongés qui sont épais d'environ une ligne et longs de 4 à 5 ; le bord supérieur ou bord convexe se termine également par de semblables pinceaux , qui peuvent être considérés comme la terminaison des rameaux dont l'anasto- mose a formé l'expansion flabelliforme.","Flabelliform mass, pedunculated at its base, its upper part which represents a fan is pierced to date on several points. Both the stem and the expansions are covered with slender, elongated brushes that are about one line thick and 4-5 long; The upper edge or convex edge also ends in similar brushes, which can be considered as the termination of the branches whose anasto- mose has formed the flabelliform expansion.","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Petrosia_(Petrosia)_pellasarca,Bowl,Vases,Cup-like,Haliclona pellasarca ,These sponges are brown or reddish bowls or lobes.,These sponges are brown or reddish bowls or lobes.,"Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1934). New sponges from the Puerto Rican deep. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 91(17): 1-28.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7777 Petrosia_(Petrosia)_weinbergi,Bioeroder,Endolithic-bioeroding,Crust-like,Petrosia weinbergi ,"The holotype is a stony mass encrusting corals, 10 cm long, 2 cm high, 2 cm wide","The holotype is a stony mass encrusting corals, 10 cm long, 2 cm high, 2 cm wide","Van Soest, R.W.M. (1980). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 62 (191): 1-173.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=8475 Phorbas_amaranthus,Encrusting,Endolithic-bioeroding,Crust-like,Phorbas amaranthus,"Quelques rameaux assez courts s'élèvent d'une base commune, restent soudés dans une partie de leur longueur , deviennent ensuite libres pour bientôt se terminer en s'atténuant. Cependant bien que ces rameaux, qui sont peu nombreux, soient soudés à leur base, la trace de cette soudure existe toujours d'une manière évidente","Some rather short branches rise from a common base, remain welded in part of their length, then become free to soon end by attenuating. However although these branches, which are few, are welded at their base, the trace of this weld still exists in an obvious way","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Ptilocaulis_walpersii,Brushes,Erect-palmate,Erect,Pandaros walpersii,"Espèce très-compriujée , légèrement pédiculée et se divisant en quelques expansions flabelliformes ; les deux faces sont garnies de pinceaux","Species very compriujée, slightly pedunculated and dividing into some flabelliform expansions; both sides are trimmed with brushes","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Sarcotragus_fasciculatus,Globose,Simple-massive,Massive,Spongia fasciculata ,"Figura ovato-globofa. Fafciculi tenuiter a bafi angufliore aflurgunt, lentiffime craflefcentes, multoties dichotomi, extremitatibus prifmatici, truncati atque in fuperficiem glomeris faftigiati.","Shape oval-globose. The fasciculi flare out thinly from the beak at a larger angle, are very slow-growing, often dichotomous, with prismatic extremities, truncated and tufted into clusters.","Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. pp. 451, Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae",https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361 Spheciospongia_vesparium,Massive,Simple-massive,Massive,Spheciospongia vesparium,"Massive amorphous to cake shaped. Black externally, and internally. Surface with round low elevations. Large oscules (8-15 mm wide) and small oscules (1-2 mm wide) aggregated. Compressible but dense in consistency.","Massive amorphous to cake shaped. Black externally, and internally. Surface with round low elevations. Large oscules (8-15 mm wide) and small oscules (1-2 mm wide) aggregated. Compressible but dense in consistency.","Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(3): 465-475.",https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria-Diaz-23/publication/289151597_Common_Sponges_from_Shallow_Marine_Habitats_from_Bocas_del_Toro_Region_Panama/links/5e11f10392851c8364b1328a/Common-Sponges-from-Shallow-Marine-Habitats-from-Bocas-del-Toro-Region-Panama.pdf?origin=publicationDetail&_sg%5B0%5D=CK5MKHliugC6s0Fc9yeyeUkHAvFLJbLqn2PtJNLrzjqdf_v9RhljtEFiG7lV6BKPkP4G7A_NhNAhXO6vX4aaVg.bsM-CydyzPYqNV4KR5Q8LAn6AS63BXh42MukwCb1gvnW1_7FE8_qnRXbewU9_K6dV9aJoJBLYJkhoWKri9jMeA&_sg%5B1%5D=gFis9M-G41JKoACopxMe-smxYrsVncGMkB-OSC-yi_9UXV5kRugHate0lFMlHQ0SGapvwDWGUWfWmL1QsSHRcK6nKW7pmbjVB0mGJXBBiM-1.bsM-CydyzPYqNV4KR5Q8LAn6AS63BXh42MukwCb1gvnW1_7FE8_qnRXbewU9_K6dV9aJoJBLYJkhoWKri9jMeA&_iepl=&_rtd=eyJjb250ZW50SW50ZW50IjoibWFpbkl0ZW0ifQ%3D%3D Spirastrella_coccinea,Encrusting,Encrusting,Crust-like,Thalysias coccinea,"Espèce d'un rouge vif, talpiforme, largement adhérente aux pierres et autres corps marins ; sa surface est bombée quelquefois bosselée , mais très-lisse. L'encroûtement contient des corps siliceux stelliformes à rayons très-courts.","Species of a bright red, talpiform, largely adherent to stones and other marine bodies; Its surface is sometimes bulging bumpy, but very smooth. The crust contains siliceous selliform bodies with very short rays. ","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Spongia_(Spongia)_barbara,Bushy,Erect-palmate,Erect,Spongia barbara,"Très-caverneuse à l'intérieur elle est voisine de la spongia cavernosa, dont elle diffère cependant sur certains points. Ainsi ces oscules sont superficiels et en général privés de pinceaux à leurs bords , ou n'en présentent que de peu développés. En outre la surface au lieu d'être hérissée comme chez la précédente offre des vallées méandrifor- mes très-irrégulières qui ne pénètrent qu'à une très-petite profondeur dans sa substance.","Very cavernous inside it is close to the spongia cavernosa, from which it differs however on certain points. Thus these oscules are superficial and generally deprived of brushes at their edges, or present only poorly developed. In addition, the surface instead of being bristling as in the previous one offers very irregular meandrifor- me valleys which penetrate only at a very small depth in its substance. ","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Spongia_(Spongia)_obliqua,Erect fan-shaped,Compositie-massive,Massive,Spongia obliqua,"Rigide, droite, dressée en forme d'éventail, mais sans pédicule.","Rigid, straight, erect fan-shaped, but without pedicles.","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Spongia_(Spongia)_officinalis,Globular,Ball,Massive,Spongia (Spongia) officinalis,"Massive, globular lobes with fine openings which are slightly elevated and have cone-shaped voids","Massive, globular lobes with fine openings which are slightly elevated and have cone-shaped voids","Pronzato, Roberto (1999). Sponge-fishing, disease and farming in the Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 9 (5): 485–493",https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199909/10)9:5%3C485::AID-AQC362%3E3.0.CO;2-N Spongia_(Spongia)_tubulifera,Tubular-lobate,Compositie-massive,Massive,Spongia tubulifera,"Spongia sessilis, mollis, porosissima, stellatim lobata; lobis tubuliferis ... mais unlieu de se creuser en cratére, elle s'étend sur les cotés en lobes angulaires... Ces lobes ont leu bord supérieur parecé de grands trous ronds er profonds, et sont véritablement tubulifers. ","A sessile sponge, soft, very porous, stellately lobed; tubular lobes ... But a place of digging into a crater, it extends on the sides in angular lobes... These lobes have the upper edge adorned with large round and deep holes, and are truly tubuliferous."," Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=201209 Svenzea_zeai,Massive,Simple-massive,Massive,Pseudaxinella zeai,"Spreading, massive, thick, with lobes up to 6 cm high and chimney-like oscules up to 1 cm in diameter.","Spreading, massive, thick, with lobes up to 6 cm high and chimney-like oscules up to 1 cm in diameter. ",page(s): 435-436,https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourceget&id=7047 Tedania_(Tedania)_ignis,Fistular sponge,Fistular,Massive,Thalysias ignis ,"Large et adhérente, gibbeuse ou étendue en plaques larges et plus ou moins épaisses, cette espèce est d'un beau rouge quand elle est vivante.","Wide and adherent, gibbous or extended in wide and more or less thick plates, this species is a beautiful red when it is alive.","Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7448 Topsentia_ophiraphidites,Encrusting,Encrusting,Crust-like,Viles ophiraphidites,"The specimen is a subspherical mass 2 by 3 by 4 cm, about half covered by a calcareus layer... ...The consistency is slightly spongy but in general mediocre. The surface in uneven but not pronouncedly hispid, merely irregular covered with low lumps. ... ...Among them, and brinding them toghether, are sinousio much covered diactines, wich are essentially oxeas but almos attain the shape of ends that would cause them to be termed strongyles","The specimen is a subspherical mass 2 by 3 by 4 cm, about half covered by a calcareus layer... ...The consistency is slightly spongy but in general mediocre. The surface in uneven but not pronouncedly hispid, merely irregular covered with low lumps. ... ...Among them, and brinding them toghether, are sinousio much covered diactines, wich are essentially oxeas but almos attain the shape of ends that would cause them to be termed strongyles","Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1934). New sponges from the Puerto Rican deep. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 91(17): 1-28.",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=7777 Verongula_reiswigi,Vase,Massive cup,Cup-like,Verongula reiswigi,Forma de jarrón subesferico con un gran osculo apical provisto de un esfinter membranoso,Subspherical vase shape with a large apical osculum provided with a membranous sphincter,"Alcolado, P.M. (1984). Nuevas especies de esponjas encontradas en Cuba [New species of sponges from Cuba]. Poeyana 271: 1-22",https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=8955 Verongula_rigida,Lobate,Ball,Massive,Spongia rigida,"Massive lobate. Lobes are perhaps better termed tubes, as each bears a conspicuous apical oscule (in a depression) with perforated diaphragms. Specimens may be up to 20 cm in diameter and 15 cm high; individual tubes are up to 8 cm in height, 4 cm in diameter","Massive lobate. Lobes are perhaps better termed tubes, as each bears a conspicuous apical oscule (in a depression) with perforated diaphragms. Specimens may be up to 20 cm in diameter and 15 cm high; individual tubes are up to 8 cm in height, 4 cm in diameter","Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. ",https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660 Xestospongia_muta,Barrel,Barrel,Cup-like,Xestospongia muta,"Barrel shaped, with thick walls. Purple to redbrown externally, and internally.","Barrel shaped, with thick walls. Purple to redbrown externally, and internally.","Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(3): 465-475.",https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria-Diaz-23/publication/289151597_Common_Sponges_from_Shallow_Marine_Habitats_from_Bocas_del_Toro_Region_Panama/links/5e11f10392851c8364b1328a/Common-Sponges-from-Shallow-Marine-Habitats-from-Bocas-del-Toro-Region-Panama.pdf?origin=publicationDetail&_sg%5B0%5D=CK5MKHliugC6s0Fc9yeyeUkHAvFLJbLqn2PtJNLrzjqdf_v9RhljtEFiG7lV6BKPkP4G7A_NhNAhXO6vX4aaVg.bsM-CydyzPYqNV4KR5Q8LAn6AS63BXh42MukwCb1gvnW1_7FE8_qnRXbewU9_K6dV9aJoJBLYJkhoWKri9jMeA&_sg%5B1%5D=gFis9M-G41JKoACopxMe-smxYrsVncGMkB-OSC-yi_9UXV5kRugHate0lFMlHQ0SGapvwDWGUWfWmL1QsSHRcK6nKW7pmbjVB0mGJXBBiM-1.bsM-CydyzPYqNV4KR5Q8LAn6AS63BXh42MukwCb1gvnW1_7FE8_qnRXbewU9_K6dV9aJoJBLYJkhoWKri9jMeA&_iepl=&_rtd=eyJjb250ZW50SW50ZW50IjoibWFpbkl0ZW0ifQ%3D%3D