Biemna caribea
Pulitzer-Finali, 1986

Description:
Encrusting to massive, amorphous or with some tubular processes. Surface corrugated conulose, consistency soft and delicate.

Color:
Yellow.

Habitat:
On Mangrove roots and in the reef environment.

Distribution:
Florida to Curacao.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Porifera
Genus Biemna
Species Biemna caribea

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986

Scientific synonyms and common names

Biemna tubulata

Pulitzer-Finali, G., 1986. A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. Estratto dagli Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Vol. LXXXVI: 65-216.

Soest, R.W.M. van, 1984. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean islands. Part III. Poecilosclerida. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean islands, 199.

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