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Sponges, Phylum Porifera, Part 3

To: Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10,

By Bob Fenner

Principal marine organisms

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

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.

Genus Cliona:

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A Cliona sp. waning

Cliona delitrix Red Boring Sponge. To a foot in diameter. Large excurrent pores bore all the way down to the main body. Cozumel 2014

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.

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.

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.

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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