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Sponges, Phylum Porifera, Part 2
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By Bob Fenner
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Principal marine
organisms
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Aplysina cauliformis, the Row Pore Rope
Sponge. Long rows of excurrent siphons. Occur in tints of purple,
reds. Antigua photo at right. |
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Aplysina fistularis, the Yellow Tube Sponge. Yellow
to orange encrusting forms to fingers and tubes that bear antler-like growths in shallows, and grow longer
w/o these "antlers" in increasing depths. Don't touch! Purple color stains
hands for days. Right: shallow colony in Bahamas and deeper one in Belize .
Below: large colony
in Bonaire. |
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Aplysina fulva, rope sponge; occur in varying
shapes/growths and colors, depending on depth and growing circumstances. Here in Cozumel 2014. |
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Genus Atergia:
Atergia sp. Distinct species with
octopus-sucker like papillations. Occur in red to white color on
dead coral, protected regions. Western Pacific. N. Sulawesi
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Axinyssa aculeata Wilson 1925. Yellow Axinyssa
Sponge. |
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Genus Callyspongia:
Callyspongia species. Blue Callyspongia. A
species of Hawaiian sponge found living exposed on the open reef
(as opposed to cryptically hidden as most sponges). Hawai'i'. |
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Callyspongia plicifera. Azure Vase Sponge.
6-18 inches. Tropical West Atlantic. Mostly light purple in colour, but some
deeper water ones, supposedly dying, appear a beautiful gold. Bahamas pic. |
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Callyspongia vaginalis. Branching Vase Sponge. Gray
in color; thin walled. Spiky on the outside; smooth on the inside. Roatan
2019. Pic by LauraH. |
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