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Phylum Porifera
Sucker sponge
Cliona sp.*
Family Clionaidae
updated Oct 2016
Where seen? Looking like a sprinkle of orange coins, this sponge is sometimes seen on reefy shores of Pulau Semakau..

Features:
Most of this burrowing sponge is hidden. The sponge can bore holes in calcium carbonate skeletons, snail shells to make a home where they live. What is seen on the outside are small sucker-like disks (0.2-1cm).

Cliona utricularis are bright reddish orange. Other Cliona species may be yellow.

Pulau Semakau (North), Apr 16

Pulau Semakau (East), Jun 25
Photo shared by Adriane Lee on facebook.


Pulau Semakau, Jun 11
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on flickr.

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


Sucker sponges on Singapore shores
On wildsingapore flickr

Links

References

  • Lim Swee Cheng, Nicole de Voogd and Tan Koh Siang. 2008. A Guide to Sponges of Singapore. Singapore Science Centre. 173pp.
 
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