Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Branching Tube Sponge
Branching Tube Sponge
Scientific Name: Aiolochroia crassa
Synonyms: Pseudoceratina crassa
Class: Demospongiae
Category: Sponges
Size: 6 to 18 in. (15 to 45 cm)  
Depth: 20-80 ft. (6-25 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Bermuda
Note: There exists several morphotypes, and it is possible that A. crassa is actually 2 or 3 different species.

Sponges

Branching Tube Sponge

Branching Vase Sponge

Callyspongia fallax

Yellow Tube Sponge

Loggerhead Sponge

Black-Ball Sponge

Bell Sponge

Stinker Sponge

Orange Ball Sponge

Leathery Barrel Sponge

Dark Volcano Sponge

Pitted Sponge

Pink Lumpy Sponge

Lumpy Overgrowing Sponge

Lavender Rope Spounge

Row Pore Rope Sponge

Scattered Pore Rope Sponge

Erect Rope Sponge

Walper's Branching Sponge

Green Finger Sponge

Brown Encrusting Octopus Sponge

Pink and Red Encrusting Sponge

Red Encrusting Sponge

Peach Encrusting Sponge

Star Encrusting Sponge

Orange-Veined Encrusting Sponge

High-Veined Encrusting Sponge

Orange Icing Sponge

Orange Lumpy Encrusting Sponge

Viscous Sponge

Brown Variable Sponge

Red Boring Sponge

Smenospongia conulosa

Strawberry Vase Sponge

Azure Vase Sponge

Pink Vase Sponge

Brown Bowl Sponge

Giant Barrel Sponge

Touch-Me-Not Sponge

Tubulate Sponge

Brown Clustered Tube Sponge

Orange Elephant Ear Sponge

Citron Sponge

Calcareous Sponges


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