🦋 Family

Agelasidae

4 species · Animals

Animalia › Porifera › Demospongiae › Agelasida › Agelasidae

Agelas conifera, the brown tube sponge, is a Caribbean sponge that produces protective bromopyrrole alkaloids.

Agelas clathrodes, the orange elephant ear sponge, is a variable-shaped sponge found in Caribbean mesophotic reefs.

Agelas dispar is a firm brown Caribbean reef sponge that grows as mounds or encrusting layers up to 30 cm across.

Agelas tubulata is a variable-shaped Caribbean sponge species first described in 1996 by Lehnert and van Soest.

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