species: Unidentified sponge 14 in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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

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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)

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