Hyrtios proteus
Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Description:
Cake-shaped, up to 10 x 9 x 7 cm, with protruding lobes. Coarsely cavernous. Regularly conulose; conules 1-2 mm high, 3 mm apart. Oscules 2-5 mm in diameter, inconspicuous, single or in groups on top of the lobes. Consistency very spongy, not easily torn.

Color:
Black.

Habitat:
Only known from reef localities.

Distribution:
St Thomas and Curacao.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Porifera
Genus Hyrtios
Species Hyrtios proteus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Hyrtios proteus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this species

Soest, R.W.M. van, 1978. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean islands. Part I. Keratosa. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean islands, 179.

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