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Blue Star Encrusting Sponge

 

Aspect: Thin blue encrusting hard rubbery cushion with star-shaped network of veinous canals radiating from the excurrent openings. The "stars" are not connected.
Population: Common.
Notable feature: Generally blue as the caerulea (sky colour) in the latin scientific designation implies and ommited in the English designation, but pink variations not rare.
Environment: Relatively flat surfaces, wreck hulls included, down to at least 25 metres.
Behaviour: -
  • French designation: Eponge Encroutante Etoilée Bleue
  • Latin designation: Halisarca caerulea
  • Creole designation: -
  • Latin family: Demospongiae
  • Size (cm): 30-40