Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Neopetrosia rosariensis
Neopetrosia rosariensis
Category: Common Sponges
Scientific Name: Neopetrosia rosariensis
Synonyms: Xestospongia rosariensis
Size: 2 to 30 in. (5 to 100 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Caribbean
Porifera (Phylum)
└Demospongiae (Class)
 └Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  └Haplosclerida (Order)
   └Petrosiidae (Family)
    └Neopetrosia (Genus)
     └N. rosariensis (Species)
WoRMS ID: 385326🔗
iNaturalist ID: 1373494🔗

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