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Callyspongia plicifera
The azure vase sponge is a vase shaped demosponge that grow up to 27 cm in height and 13.5 cm in diameter. Its outer surface consists of 0.5–1 cm deep rounded pits and grooves while the inner surface is smooth with 1–5 mm scattered openings. The vent at the top is up to 6.5 cm in diameter and has a thin, transparent collar. They are pink to purple in colour and fluoresce light blue.
Oil Slick Leap dive site, Bonaire.
Spotted on Sep 13, 2017
Submitted on Jan 6, 2018
5 Comments
Thanks, people ;-)
What a fantastic spotting! Thanks for sharing this with us Marta.
Spectacular texture!
Yes, they are pretty all these sponges. At night even more so because the colors contrast a lot.
Beautiful, Marta. So textural !