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ROPE SPONGES : SPONGES
LAVENDER ROPE SPONGE (Niphates erecta) < 1.8 m / 6 ft
Light pink to purple ropes with a porous rough-textured surface. Sparse branching. Tiny excurrent openings.
FLATTENED ROPE SPONGE (Dragmacidon lunaecharta) < 30 cm / 1 ft Bright red wedge-shaped sponge. Few oblong excurrent o enin s. Often co ered ith olden oanthids . 129 .
ROUNDED ROPE SPONGE
(Agelas sceptrum) < 90 cm / 3ft
Thick lumpy elongated rope. Tan to brown with lighter e current o enin s. ound under led es and o erhan s.
ERECT ROPE SPONGE (Amphimedon compressa) < 1.2 m / 4 ft
Tall bright red ropes, usually standing straight up. Rarely branching, but often interconnected near the base.
GREEN FINGER SPONGE (Iotrochota birotulata) < 90 cm / 3 ft Rough-textured dark green ropes with pale highlights. Sparse branching. Protruding black excurrent openings.
THIN ROPE SPONGE
(Clathria virgultosa) < 1.8 m / 6 ft
ne net or of tan led ro es. an to reddish ro n. Most commonly found on deeper reefs and walls.
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