Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Touch-Me-Not Sponge
Neofibularia nolitangere
Touch-Me-Not Sponge
Category: Common Sponges
Scientific Name: Neofibularia nolitangere
Size: 1 to 4 ft. (30 to 120 cm)  
Depth: 10-130 ft. (3-40 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Porifera (Phylum)
└Demospongiae (Class)
 └Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  └Biemnidae (Family)
   └Neofibularia (Genus)

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