Sponges
Unguiculata Sponge
Monanchora unguiculata
Also known as: Marine Sponge, Siliceous Sponge
ALSO KNOWN AS
- Marine Sponge
- Siliceous Sponge
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Overview
Found over coral and rocky reefs. Varies in colour.
Widespread Indo Pacific
Sponges come in a range of sizes from minuscule encrusting species under rocks to massive sponges which can be up to one and half metres high.
They are able to filter many litres of sea water every few seconds.
Sponges can exude highly toxic chemicals and so have very few predators apart from nudibranchs, sea stars, sea urchins and umbrella shell.
Their colour can vary if growing in the light or when growing in the shade.
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How to identify
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Indo-Pacific
- Exact location · 3
- Country only · 3
LIVES IN
Found over coral and rocky reefs.
RANGE
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Taxonomy
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPorifera
- classDemospongiae
- orderPoecilosclerida
- familyCrambeidae
- genusMonanchora
- speciesMonanchora unguiculata (Dendy, 1922)
SourcesWoRMS
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More in the family
Poecilosclerida


