Location: Key Largo, Florida
Florent's Guide To The
South Florida Reefs
Pink Lumpy Sponge
Monanchora unguifera
Pink Lumpy Sponge
Category: Common Sponges
Scientific Name: Monanchora unguifera
Synonyms: Monanchora unguifera
Size: 4 to 16 in. (10 to 40 cm)
Depth: 20-80 ft. (6-25 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, South Florida
Porifera (Phylum)
└Demospongiae (Class)
└Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
└Poecilosclerida (Order)
└Crambeidae (Family)
└Monanchora (Genus)
└M. unguifera (Species)
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