Calyx podatypa (de Laubenfels, 1934)
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Family:  Phloeodictyidae ()
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Environment:  sessile; brackish; marine
Distribution:  Western Central Atlantic.
Diagnosis:  Ramose to lobate repent masses, mostly hollow, with tubular deformed projections. Round oscules: 0.1 - 0.5 cm in diameter. Brown-yellowish to greenish externally and tan internally. Firm but fragile and brittle in consistency (Ref. 415).
Biology:  Common between coral rubble in shallow reefs, seagrass beds, and between sponges on mangrove roots (Ref. 415). Commensal with amphipods (Ref. 82302) and hosts alpheid shrimps on its canals (Ref. 86626).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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