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Branching Tube Sponge

Aspect:

Clusters of very irregularly shaped thick-walled tubes, with usually topped by smaller diameter excurrent openings.

COLOUR: Colour can vary considerably, a fact that is augmented by drastic variations depending on light source and distance (from green to heather for example) as shown below in a cluster of four photos of the same group of specimens.

Textures can range from bumpy rubber to dimpled leather.

Population: Common.
Notable feature: Tubes may grow out from a central root point or developed side-by-side. Inner walls usually yellow.
Environment: Often anchor on a rocky substrate.
Behaviour: -
  • French designation: Eponge Tubulaire Arborescente
  • Latin designation: Aiolochroia crassa, formerly Pseudoceratina crassa
  • Creole designation: -
  • Latin family: Demospongiae
  • Size (cm): 70-80