Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Puffball Sponge
Oceanapia sagittaria
Puffball Sponge
Category: Common Sponges
Scientific Name: Oceanapia sagittaria
Size: up to 5.5 in. (6 cm)  
Distribution: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
Porifera (Phylum) Sponges
└Demospongiae (Class) Common Sponges
 └Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  └Haplosclerida (Order)
   └Phloeodictyidae (Family)
    └Oceanapia (Genus)
     └O. sagittaria (Species)
WoRMS ID: 166994🔗
iNaturalist ID: 57735🔗

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