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Row pore rope sponge Sep 11, 2017. Seen in the dive site Andrea I in Bonaire. Aplysina cauliformis,Caribbean Netherlands,Geotagged,Row pore rope sponge,Summer Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Row pore rope sponge

Sep 11, 2017. Seen in the dive site Andrea I in Bonaire.

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  1. What a lovely holiday gift your new series is! Species in the thinnest of our categories (sponges), photographed in spectacular ways in a location we have almost no material from. It doesn't get better than that.

    Your series got me all prepped now for Blue Planet II, which starts airing in two days here.
    Posted 7 years ago

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Description:
Long, branching and rope-like, up to 60 cm. Generally hanging downward with the tip of the branches curling upward. Excurrent openings form long rows and are 1-4 mm in diameter (A. cauliformis-oscules). The oscules have thin, protruding lips, often of a lighter color. The surface is very finely conulose. The consistency is stiff and hardly compressible.
Color:
The color is highly variable and not distinctive, it includes red, purple and lavender.
Habitat:
Growing.. more

Similar species: Verongida
Species identified by Patomarazul
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By Patomarazul

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Uploaded Dec 26, 2017. Captured Sep 11, 2017 19:15 in Ridge, Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands.
  • XZ-1
  • f/4.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO125
  • 6mm