Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

High-Veined Encrusting Sponge
Spirastrella hartmani
High-Veined Encrusting Sponge
Category: Common Sponges
Scientific Name: Spirastrella hartmani
Size: Up to 3 ft. (1 m)  
Depth: 10-40 ft. (3-12 m)
Distribution: Florida, Bahamas, Western Caribbean
Porifera (Phylum)
└Demospongiae (Class)
 └Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  └Spirastrellidae (Family)
   └Spirastrella (Genus)

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