Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Plakortis halichondrioides
Plakortis halichondrioides
Scientific Name: Plakortis halichondrioides
Class: Homoschleromorpha
Family: Plakinidae
Category: Common Sponges
Distribution: Caribbean

Sponges
Common Sponges

Plakortis halichondrioides

Brain Sponge

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

Branchlet Sponge

Convoluted Barrel Sponge

Netted Barrel Sponge

Reticulated Barrel Sponge

Pitted Sponge

Walper's Branching Sponge

Touch-Me-Not Sponge

Branching Vase Sponge

Callyspongia fallax

Elongated Vase Sponge

Azure 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

Circular Column 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

Brown Encrusting Octopus Sponge

Orange Lumpy Encrusting Sponge

Dark Volcano Sponge

Red-Orange Encrusting Sponge

Orange Sieve Encrusting Sponge

Pink and Red Encrusting Sponge

High-Veined Encrusting Sponge

Orange Ball Sponge

Smenospongia conulosa

Viscous Sponge



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