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Haliclona

Haliclona sp.

Description:

A purple sponge. Found encrusting hard surfaces. The pores are readily visible.

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2 Comments

AlexanderStein
AlexanderStein 12 years ago

Thanks for the help!

vanhevel
vanhevel 12 years ago

This looks like some sort of Haliclona species, it would be impossible to ID it any further without looking at the spicules under a microscope.

AlexanderStein
Spotted by
AlexanderStein

Newport, Oregon, USA

Spotted on Jun 15, 2011
Submitted on Dec 29, 2011

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