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sponges
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| Phylum Porifera |
| Brown
prickly branching sponge Iricinia sp.* Family Iriciniidae updated Dec 11 Where seen? This brown branching sponge with a prickly surface is often seen on coral rubble on some of our Southern shores. Features: The sponge may be dome shaped without any protrusions, or have knobs, rounded fingers, lobes or branching (4-10cm) emerging from an encrusting base. Few small holes at the tips of the rounded branches, as well as other parts of the sponge. Surface with tiny bumps, that appears spiky and prickly when the sponge is out of water. Colour usually a uniform brown from ochre to chocolate brown. |
 Chek Jawa, Jan 02 |
 Sentosa, Jun 05 |
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Brown prickly branching sponges on Singapore shores
 Sentosa, Mar 07  |
 Terumbu Pempang Laut, Aug 10  |
 Cyrene Reef, Mar 07  |
more photos of brown prickly branching sponges on Singapore shores
part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
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