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Sea Sponge (Glass Sponge)

Porifera Class: Hexactinellidae

Description:

Goblet shaped glass sponge with many ostia and a large oval osculum. The sponge was about 10 cms long.

Habitat:

Deep Ocean

Notes:

Collected this off the south coast of Victoria, Australia. Could be Cribochalina sp. If anyone knows, could you please clarify.

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Leuba Ridgway
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Leuba Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Oct 29, 2010
Submitted on Nov 29, 2011

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