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By Bob Fenner
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Principal marine
organisms
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Genus Calyx:
Calyx podatypa Dark Volcano Sponge. Tropical West
Atlantic. Smooth surface, w/ volcano-like osculae. Often infested w/
Zoanthids as here in Cozumel 2012 |
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Genus Cinachyra:
Cinachyra sp. (Cinachyrella kuekenthali now) Orange Ball Sponge. Tropical
West Atlantic, to 100 foot depth, under ledges, in protected areas.
To about 1/2 foot diameter orange ball-shapes, with many excurrent
siphons riddling their surface. St. Thomas image. |
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Genus Clathria:
Clathria (Microciona) mima (Laubenfels 1954).
Indonesia. This one photographed in Queensland Australia. Below, in
the north of Lombok. |
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Clathria (Thalysias)
venosa (Alcolado,
1984) .
Orange veined encrusting sponge. TiffB pic in Curacao. |
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Genus Clathrina:
Clathrina canariensis Yellow Calcareous
Sponge (Class Calcarea). A delicate, small (to four inches) bright
yellow organism, made up of intertwined tubes. Tropical West
Atlantic; usually found within caves or other shady spots. St.
Thomas, U.S.V.I. |
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Genus Cliona:
Cliona delitrix Red Boring Sponge. To a
foot in diameter. Large excurrent pores bore all the way down to the main
body. Cozumel
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Cliona vastifica Boring Sponges. Widely
distributed. About 165 described species. Here in the Red
Sea. |
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Genus Crella:
Crella cyathophora Carter 1869. W. C. Pacific... Here in the Red
Sea 2019. |
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Genus Cbibrochalina:
Cribrochalina vasculum, the Brown Bowl
Sponge. Bahamas pix. |
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Genus Diplastrella:
Diplastrella sp. Red-Orange
Encrusting Sponge. Areas of tightly arranged collected areas of incurrent
siphons, with scattered larger excurrent. Caribbean. To ten inches, seventy
five feet in depth. Bonaire 2019. |
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Diplastrella megastellata Red-Orange
Encrusting Sponge. Areas of tightly arranged collected areas of incurrent
siphons, with scattered larger excurrent. Caribbean. To ten inches, seventy five feet in
depth. Found in shaded areas, even under rocks, overhangs. St.
Thomas, U.S.V.I. |
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Genus Drysidea:
Drysidea sp. (Keller 1889). Indo-Pacific.
Colonies as tough, encrusted upright blades, variable
texture. |
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Genus Ectyoplasia:
Ectyoplasia ferox, Brown Octopus Sponge.
Occurs as both encrusting and in multiple-armed arborose
morphologies. Pale around excurrent siphons. Bahamas pic. |
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