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Yellow Tube Sponge Yellow Tube Sponge, South Water Caye Marine Reserve, Belize Aplysina fistularis,Belize,Dangriga,Diving,SCUBA,Sponge,Yellow Tube Sponge,dive,underwater Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

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Soft-walled tubes, usually in clusters joined at the base. Length of tubes up to 120 cm. In deeper water, the tubes tend to become longer than at shallow places. The surface is finely conulose and does not show the deep and meandering grooves of Aplysina lacunosa .

Source: http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=caribbean_diving_guide&id=436

Similar species: Verongida
Species identified by WildFlower
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By Tony Rath

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Uploaded Jan 5, 2012. Captured Oct 20, 2006 10:50.
  • Canon EOS 20D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/125s
  • ISO100
  • 10mm