Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Red-Orange Encrusting Sponge
Diplastrella megastellata
Red-Orange Encrusting Sponge
Category: Common Sponges
Scientific Name: Diplastrella megastellata
Size: Up to 10in. (25cm)  
Depth: 25-75 ft. (8-23 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, South Florida
Porifera (Phylum)
└Demospongiae (Class)
 └Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  └Clionaida (Order)
   └Spirastrellidae (Family)
    └Diplastrella (Genus)
     └D. megastellata (Species)
WoRMS ID: 170700🔗
iNaturalist ID: 471547🔗

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