Description: Massive-amorphous with lobate protuberances. The surface is smooth, from finely to more obviously conulose; fleshy. Consistency hard but compressible.
Color: Cream to yellow.
Habitat: Found at depths of 10 to 176 m; common in deeper areas of reefs.
Distribution: Widespread in the Caribbean.
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Porifera Genus Axinyssa Species Axinyssa ambrosia
Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this species
Diaz, M.C., Pomponi, S.A. & R.W.M. van Soest, 1993. A systematic revision of the central West Atlantic Halichondrida (Demospongiae, Porifera). Part III: Description of valid species. Sci. Mar., 57(4): 283-306.
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