Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

High-Veined Encrusting Sponge
Spirastrella hartmani
High-Veined Encrusting Sponge
Category: Common Sponges
Scientific Name: Spirastrella hartmani
Size: Up to 3 ft. (1 m)  
Depth: 10-40 ft. (3-12 m)
Distribution: Florida, Bahamas, Western Caribbean
Porifera (Phylum)
└Demospongiae (Class)
 └Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  └Clionaida (Order)
   └Spirastrellidae (Family)
    └Spirastrella (Genus)
     └S. hartmani (Species)
WoRMS ID: 170709🔗
iNaturalist ID: 1142634🔗

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