Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Citron Sponge
Citron Sponge
Scientific Name: Agelas citrina
Class: Demospongiae
Family: Agelasidae
Category: Common Sponges
Size: 2 to 6 ft. (60 cm to 1.8 m)  
Depth: 35-130 ft. (12-40 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida

Sponges
Common Sponges

Citron Sponge

Orange Elephant Ear Sponge

Tubulate Sponge

Brown Clustered Tube Sponge

Branching Tube Sponge

Row Pore Rope Sponge

Yellow Tube Sponge

Scattered Pore Rope Sponge

Branchlet Sponge

Pitted Sponge

Walper's Branching Sponge

Touch-Me-Not Sponge

Branching Vase Sponge

Callyspongia fallax

Elongated Vase Sponge

Azure Vase Sponge

Red Boring Sponge

Brown Variable Sponge

Loggerhead Sponge

Red Encrusting Sponge

Pink Lumpy Sponge

Lumpy Overgrowing Sponge

Leathery Barrel Sponge

Star Encrusting Sponge

Green Finger Sponge

Bell Sponge

Stinker Sponge

Black-Ball Sponge

Orange-Veined Encrusting Sponge

Peach Encrusting Sponge

Orange Icing Sponge

Strawberry Vase Sponge

Erect Rope Sponge

Brown Bowl Sponge

Pink Vase Sponge

Lavender Rope Spounge

Giant Barrel Sponge

Brown Encrusting Octopus Sponge

Orange Lumpy Encrusting Sponge

Dark Volcano Sponge

Red-Orange Encrusting Sponge

Pink and Red Encrusting Sponge

High-Veined Encrusting Sponge

Orange Ball Sponge

Smenospongia conulosa

Viscous Sponge



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