Peach Encrusting Sponge
Spirastrella hartmani
Thick encrusting up to 4 cm thick. Dull reddish to brown externally, lighter color internally. Smooth surface, leathery to the touch. Compressible in consistency.
Maximum thickness: 4 cm. Common between and under coral rubble, in shallow reefs and seagrass environments; 1 to 10 m deep. Members of the class Demospongiae are hermaphroditic.
Life cycle: The zygote develops into parenchymella larva (free-swimming) before settling down on a substrate where it grows into a young sponge.
Maximum thickness: 4 cm. Common between and under coral rubble, in shallow reefs and seagrass environments; 1 to 10 m deep. Members of the class Demospongiae are hermaphroditic.
Life cycle: The zygote develops into parenchymella larva (free-swimming) before settling down on a substrate where it grows into a young sponge.
