Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Orange Sieve Encrusting Sponge
Diplastrella sp.
Orange Sieve Encrusting Sponge
Category: Common Sponges
Scientific Name: Diplastrella sp.
Size: 6 to 18 in. (15 to 45 cm)  
Depth: 40-130 ft. (12-40 m)
Distribution: Caribbean
Porifera (Phylum)
└Demospongiae (Class)
 └Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  └Spirastrellidae (Family)
   └Diplastrella (Genus)

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