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Sponges, Phylum Porifera, Part 7
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By Bob Fenner
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Genus Pseudocerasina:
Genus Ptiocaulus:
Ptilocaulis sp. Red-Orange Branching
Sponges. These are branched, upright colonies whose appearance is
bumpy-rough. Not common but found in the Caribbean, Bahamas, rarely
in Florida. Generally found near coral reef tops, especially near
drop-offs, in 40 to 80 feet depths. Eight to fifteen inches in
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Rhaphidophlus juniperinus Cozumel |
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Siphonochalina sp. Red Sea. About four
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