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BARREL SPONGES : SPONGES
BELL SPONGE
(Ircinia campana) < 45 cm / 1.5 ft Reddish brown tubes or short barrels with a bumpy texture. Rims of excurrent openings are thin and dark.
CONVOLUTED BARREL SPONGE (Aplysina lacunosa) < 90 cm / 3 ft Thick-walled yellow barrel with a rough texture. Inside walls are always bright yellow with greenish highlights.
GOBLET SPONGE
(Aplysina bathyphila) < 45 cm / 1.5 ft
Very thick-walled white to brownish sponge with rounded edges. Found on deeper reefs and under darker ledges.
LOGGERHEAD SPONGE (Spheciospongia vesparium) < 1.5 m / 5 ft Short rounded barrel shape with a rough outer texture. Excurrent openings are all found in a central depression.
GRAY AMPHORA
(Hyrtios sp.) < 30 cm / 1 ft
Rounded gray body with small spikes and a protruding excurrent opening. The inside of the sponge is black.
TOUCH-ME-NOT SPONGE (Neo bularia nolitangere) < 1.5 m / 5 ft uat thic alled dar ro n to maroon arrel s on e. i hl to ic contact can cause intense itchin in di ers.
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