Unidentified sponge 14
©Anne Hoggett: Unidentified sponge 14 about 2 cm diameter growing on coral on the NE side of Lizard Island.
©Anne Hoggett: Unidentified sponge 14 about 2 cm diameter growing among filamentous cyanobacteria on the wall of a cavern on the NE side of Lizard Island.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Species
Unidentified sponge 14
Colours
Distinguishing features
A purple, encrusting cushion-shaped sponge with meandering rows of incurrent pores and a few larger, spaced excurrent pores.
Size
- Up to 3 cm (diameter of observed specimens)
