Halichondria poa (de Laubenfels, 1947)
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Family:  Halichondriidae ()
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Environment:  sessile; brackish
Distribution:  Western Central Atlantic: USA. Probably in Belize.
Diagnosis:  Irregular mass usually covered with and semi-buried in sediment and algae. Bright yellow exterior, paler interior. Surface covered by fistules no wider than 0.05 cm with heights between 1 to 2 cm. Oscules less than 0.05 cm on top of oscular chimneys 1 cm wide, 2 to 3 cm high. Soft and compressible, exudate absent. Poorly developed ectosomal skeleton, surface layer non-detachable (Ref. 85482).
Biology:  Grows with algae on mud bottoms in brackish water (Ref. 85482).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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