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Sponges, Phylum Porifera, Part 4
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By Bob Fenner
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Genus Gelloides:
Gelloides fibulatus (Ridley 1884), the
Thorny Horny Sponge (am not making this up). Indo-Pacific;
Malaysia. Comes in two forms, encrusting and tubular. Up to
fourteen inches in height. Off of Pulau Redang,
Malaysia. |
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Genus Grayella:
Grayella cyathophora Red Sea pic. |
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Genus Haliclona:
Out of the Indo-Pacific several warm colored Sponge
genera/species are collected for the trade; my choice picks are the
beautiful blue, yellow or purple Halichondria and
Haliclona (shown). These two genera comprise hardy
(1's), hermatypic finger and encrusting species requiring
intense light. Interzoo 08 |
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Haliclona (Reniera) fascigera (Hentschel,
1912), Large tube-sponge. Red Sea 2019. |
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Haliclona vetulina De Laubenfels, Purple
Star-Sponge. Red Sea, Indo-Pacific. Made of distinctive channels
about its osculae. An aggressive space competitor, displacing
almost all sessile invertebrates, including corals. N. Sulawesi and
two at Gili Air, Indonesia showing a mollusk being covered and a
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Genus Halisarca:
Halisarca sp. Thin, encrusting species with
radiating canals that form star patterns with their collectivized excurrent
siphons. Occur in several colors. St. Thomas 2014 |
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Genus Holopsamma:
Holopsamma helwigi, Lumpy Overgrowing Sponge. Pink
to Lavendar and lumpy to rope-like; often using Gorgonians as support. 4-16
inches. Curacao 2015. |
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Genus Hymedesmia:
Hymedesmia sp., Blue Sponge. Red Sea |
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Genus Ianthella:
Ianthella hasta. N. Sulawesi and
Whitsundays, QLD, Australia close-ups. |
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Genus Iotrochota:
Iotrochota birotulata, the Green Finger
Sponge. Made up of finger-like branches, often covered with Golden
Zoanthids (as shown). Bahamas and St. Lucia pix. |
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Genus Ircinia:
Ircinia felix, Class Demospongiae. Stinker
Sponge. Light gray or brown encrusting globes, 6-12 inches in
diameter. Osculae scattered on body. Conspicuous interconnected hexagonal markings on surface.
Spread out excurrent siphons. Smells very
bad on removal from water. Cozumel pix, close-up by DianaF |
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Ircinia strobilina. Black Ball Sponge. Roundish, w/
clustered osculae in two or more places. Black to gray w/ white radiating lines. Cozumel 2012 |
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Genus Leucetta:
Leucetta chagosensis Dendy 1913 the aptly name Lemon
Sponge. Large mouths with raised margins... to about 4 inch colonies
maximum. Fr. Polynesia 2018. |
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Genus Latruculia:
Latrunculia sp. Red Sponge. Red Sea.
Reportedly very poisonous (Baensch Marine Atlas). |
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Leiodermatium sp. Wavy Cave Sponge. Hard to
the touch and distinctive in shape. Found in caves, within
crevices. May be endemic to Hawai'i. Kona pix. |
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Genus Leucetta:
Leucetta sp. Class Calcarea. Appear as
opaque lemon-yellow masses with several osculae (excurrent
openings). Tend to be compact, "potato-shaped". N.
Sulawesi image. |
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Genus Leuconia:
Leuconia palaoensis (Tanita 1943). Shy
exterior of pale pink to light blue tubules of soft, thin material.
Austro-Malay. N. Sulawesi image. |
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