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Erect Rope Sponge

Aspect: Bright red, purple or brown, can adopt vatious configurations, but all eventually turn upwards to grow vertically.
Population: Common
Notable feature: Excurrents (holes) are scattered but have plain edges (no lips)
Environment: No real rule.
Behaviour: -
  • French designation: Eponge Corde Erigee
  • Latin designation: Amphimedon compressa
  • Creole designation: -
  • Latin family: Demospongiae
  • Size (cm): 1.20