Location: Cozumel, Mexico
Florent's Guide To The
South Florida Reefs
Branchlet Sponge
Aplysina insularis
Branchlet Sponge
Category: Common Sponges
Scientific Name: Aplysina insularis
Size: Up to 20 in. (50 cm)
Depth: 6-50 ft. (2-15 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas
Porifera (Phylum)
└Demospongiae (Class)
└Verongimorpha (Subclass)
└Verongiida (Order)
└Aplysinidae (Family)
└Aplysina (Genus)
└A. insularis (Species)
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