Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Citron Sponge
Citron Sponge
Scientific Name: Agelas citrina
Family: Agelasidae
Category: Common Sponges
Size: 2 to 6 ft. (60 cm to 1.8 m)  
Depth: 35-130 ft. (12-40 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida

Sponges
Common Sponges

Citron Sponge

Orange Elephant Ear Sponge

Brown Tube Sponge

Tubulate Sponge

Brown Clustered Tube Sponge

Dercitus (Halinastra) luteus

Branching Tube Sponge

Stove-Pipe Sponge

Row Pore Rope Sponge

Yellow Tube Sponge

Scattered Pore Rope Sponge

Convoluted Barrel Sponge

Netted Barrel Sponge

Verongula reiswigi

Pitted Sponge

Walper's Branching Sponge

Touch-Me-Not Sponge

Callyspongia fallax

Azure Vase Sponge

Branching Vase Sponge

Coral Encrusting Sponge

Red Boring Sponge

Cliona tenuis

Brown Variable Sponge

Loggerhead Sponge

Red Encrusting Sponge

Pink Lumpy Sponge

Lumpy Overgrowing Sponge

Leathery Barrel Sponge

Star Encrusting Sponge

Green Finger Sponge

Bell Sponge

Stinker Sponge

Black-Ball Sponge

Orange-Veined Encrusting Sponge

Peach Encrusting Sponge

Pandaros acanthifolium

Orange Icing Sponge

Strawberry Vase Sponge

Erect Rope Sponge

Brown Bowl Sponge

Pink Vase Sponge

Lavender Rope Spounge

Giant Barrel Sponge

Xestospongia rosariensis

Rough Tube Sponge

Variable Boring Sponge

Viscous Sponge

Brown Encrusting Octopus Sponge

Orange Lumpy Encrusting Sponge

Dark Volcano Sponge

Orange Sieve Encrusting Sponge

Pink and Red Encrusting Sponge

High-Veined Encrusting Sponge

Orange Ball Sponge

Smenospongia conulosa

Brain Sponge



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