Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816)
Black-ball sponge
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Family:  Irciniidae ()
Max. size:  0.5 cm H (male/unsexed)
Environment:  reef-associated; brackish; marine; depth range 1 - 50 m
Distribution:  Western Atlantic: Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
Diagnosis:  Massive-globular with large sharp conules: up to 0.5 cm high; regularly spaced up to 1.3 cm apart. Membrane-bearing oscules: 0.2 - 1.5 cm wide; usually grouped onto a depression on top of the sponge. Dark gray to black externally, tan internally. Tough very hard to cut (Ref. 415). Morphology: fan, lobate, massive or spherical (Ref. 81728). Color often paler near the base, rarely almost white with. Black oscules; small specimens have only one oscule (Ref. 85482).
Biology:  Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128739.
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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