JungleDragon is a nature and wildlife community for photographers, travellers and anyone who loves nature. We're genuine, free, ad-free and beautiful.

Join

Green Finger Sponge Sep 10, Buddy&#039;s Reef, Bonaire.<br /> Not a very well focused pic but enough to introduce the species :-)\<br /> A distinctive rope sponge because it is usually colonised by abundant golden zooanthids. From a distance this gives it a two-tone colouration.<br /> Colonies are tangles of ropes, usually less than 0.5 m high. Caribbean Netherlands,Geotagged,Iotrochota birotulata,Summer Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Green Finger Sponge

Sep 10, Buddy's Reef, Bonaire.
Not a very well focused pic but enough to introduce the species :-)\
A distinctive rope sponge because it is usually colonised by abundant golden zooanthids. From a distance this gives it a two-tone colouration.
Colonies are tangles of ropes, usually less than 0.5 m high.

Sign in or Join in order to comment.

The Green finger sponge

''Iotrochota birotulata'', the green finger sponge, is a species of demosponge in the phylum Porifera. It is found in shallow waters in the Caribbean Sea.

Info 1 0
Similar species: Poecilosclerida
Species identified by Patomarazul
View Patomarazul's profile

By Patomarazul

All rights reserved
Uploaded Dec 29, 2017. Captured Sep 10, 2017 20:10 in Buddy Dive Resort, Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands.
country flag of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Explore Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 263 203 0
  • XZ-1
  • f/4.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO100
  • 6mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.