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Natted barrel sponge

Verongula gigantea

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Field Notes

Description:

Photo take a t -50 ft in a Caribbean reef.
Large barrels, but often very elongated or oval. The walls are thin relative to the size of the sponge, unlike the other giant barrels.
Yellow to green in colour.

Habitat:

Mainly coral reefs from south Florida, all the Caribbean Sea to the orth of Brazil.

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PublishedJanuary 15, 2012

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