Esponja de pequeño tamaño la cual no llega a medir más de 30 cm de largo. Presenta un color rosa a azul lavanda. Las cadenas de pequeños tubos que forma esta esponja, llegan a extenderse a lo largo de la superficie de rocas o en algunos casos sobre Gorgonias o esqueletos de coral de fuego, los cuales utilizan para formar estructuras ramificadas.

Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter 1882) A small sponge, usually less than 30 cm across, pink to lavender in colour. Its chains of small tubes may run across the surface of rocks, or may use gorgonians or fire coral skeletons for support to develop apparently ramose structures.

Lumpy Overgrowing Sponge Scientific Name: Desmapsamma anchorata Synonyms: Holopsamma helwigi Class: Demospongiae Family: Desmacididae Category: Common Sponges Size: 4 to 16 in. (10 to 40 cm) Depth: 15-75 ft. (5-23 m)

Demospongiae > Poecilosclerida > Desmacididae > Desmapsamma anchorata Species Details: Notes: Also known as Holopsamma helwigi de Laubenfels, 1936. Soft pinkish masses with or without branches; oscules scattered and usually elevated on volcano-like mounds; skin is creamy-white and contrasts with the strong orange of the interior tissue.