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Callyspongia plicifera
Caribbean, South Florida, the Bahamas; coral reefs and reef walls at 20-75ft.
very pretty sponge encountered on SCUBA dive.
Spotted on Mar 27, 2019
Submitted on May 4, 2019
11 Comments
Thank you all. It is always a pleasure to share the natural world.
Congratulations on your SOTD, Livan. Very cool spotting.
Beautiful capture Livan,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Congratulations Livan, your Azure Vase Sponge is our Spotting of the Day:
"One of the most colorful sponges in the world! This Azure Vase Sponge (Callyspongia plicifera) is our Spotting of the Day. This vase-shaped sponge with many grooves and pits on the outside is found in coral reefs in the Caribbean, Bahamas, and Florida. Sponges (phylum Porifera) belong to the Animal kingdom. They are multicellular organisms with bodies full of pores and channels so that water circulate through them. Sponges come in many different types of colors, shapes and sizes. It is estimated that there are more than 5,000 species of sponges.
To learn more about sponges: https://buff.ly/2WSjdG0 "
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Thank you Livan for kindly answering questions from classroom students on Project Noah!
Swain22, I have a Sealife underwater camera and was SCUBA diving. cole6, I know this species comes in a variety of colors but I don’t know if the cause is individual varieties, or by area, or due to nutrients and environment factors. Good question. thorton16, I don’t know if it has any toxins or irritants to the touch. It is an invertebrate animal, but not at all a fish.
I wonder if it some kind of fish
I wonder if you grab it and it won't heart you like some do
I wonder how they get there coler?
How did you take the pic?
Soooooooooooooo cool🤯