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Azure Vase Sponge
Callyspongia plicifera
12.1692, -68.2879
Field Notes
Description:
Pink to purple and fluoresces light blue. Quite abundant in all different dive sites of Bonaire.
Vase-shaped or tube form with the outer surface displaying grooves and/or rounded pits. Terminal vent somewhat constricted, with a transparent, thin collar. Vases mostly solitary, but occasionally there are small side-tubes. Inner walls smooth, somewhat ridged lengthwise, with scattered oscules, 1-5 mm in diameter. Vases up to 27 cm in height, 13.5 cm in diameter.
Habitat:
Seen during night dive in Bari Reef. Coral drop-off wall at 25-30 m depth.
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