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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus | Species | | Porifera | Demospongiae | Dendroceratida | Darwinellidae | Chelonaplysilla | erecta | | Habitat | | Rare to common, on mangroves roots. | | Distribution | | Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Curacao, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean and Red Sea. | | Characteristics | | Thinly encrusting (1-10 mm thick), dark brown, to black in color. Surface with low conules (1 mm high, few mm apart), and oscules bearing a collar-like membrane (1-4 m wide). Very soft in consistency. | | In Bocas Del Toro | | Reported By | Diaz, M.C. 2005. Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science 41: 465-475.
M.C. Diaz in: Collin, R. et al. 2005. Photographic Identification Guide to some Common Marine Invertebrates of Bocas Del Toro, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(3): 638-707. | | Sampling methods | Dive Coral Transect | | Locality | Península de Valiente y Río Calovébora |
| | Compiled by | | M.C. Diaz | | Images | Chelonaplysilla erecta |
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| | Links | | | Reference | Collin, R. et al. 2005. Photographic Identification Guide to some Common Marine Invertebrates of Bocas Del Toro, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(3): 638-707;
Diaz, M.C. 2005. Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science 41: 465-475.
Guzman, H.M. & C. Guevara. 2001. Arrecifes coralinos de Bocas del Toro, Panamá: IV. Distribución, estructura y estado de conservación de los arrecifes continentales de Península Valiente. Rev. Biol. Trop. 49(1): 53-66.
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