A new species of xestospongia (porifera: demospongea), from the colombian caribbean

Xestospongia rosariensis is named from coral reef habitats of the Nuestra Señora del Rosario Archipelago in the Colombian Caribbean. This sponge is tube-shaped, brown in color, hard and brittle in consistency, and is provided with sinous surface irregularities. The dense skeleton reticulation of thi...