Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Orange Lumpy Encrusting Sponge
Scopalina ruetzleri
Orange Lumpy Encrusting Sponge
Category: Common Sponges
Scientific Name: Scopalina ruetzleri
Synonyms: Ulosa ruetzleri
Size: 4 to 12 in. (10 to 30 cm)  
Depth: 15-75 ft. (5-23 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Porifera (Phylum)
└Demospongiae (Class)
 └Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  └Scopalinidae (Family)
   └Scopalina (Genus)

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