Phylum Porifera
Colourful chimney sponge
Petrosia sp.*
Family Petrosiidae
updated Feb 13

Where seen? This colourful sponge with short tubular chimneys is sometimes seen on some of our shores.

Features:
Ball shaped sponge 10-15cm, with regularly shaped chimneys about 1cm in diameter, 1-2cm tall. Orange, olive-yellow, brown.

Pulau Sekudu, May 12

Beting Bemban Besar, May 10

Colourful chimney on Singapore shores
Photos for free download from wildsingapore flickr

*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.

Links

  • Petrosia on SeaLife Base: technical fact sheet.
  • Petrosia on the World Porifera Database.

References

www.flickr.com
FREE photos of
sponges.
Make your own badge here.
links | references | about | email Ria
Spot errors? Have a question? Want to share your sightings? email Ria I'll be glad to hear from you!
wildfactsheets website©ria tan 2008