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| sponges text index | photo index |
| Phylum Porifera |
| Elegant
branching sponge Haliclona sp.* Family Chalinidae updated Oct 2016 Where seen? This elegant branching sponge is often seen on our Northern shores, growing on hard surfaces, including pipes, jetty legs, abandoned drums. Usually near the mid-water mark. Features: The sponge looks like thin roots that spread out over a hard surface. Branches thin (about 2cm wide) tapering to points. Some have recessed holes along the length, others have spikes, knobs with large holes or short hollow tubes along the length. The entire sponge may cover an area of about 30cm. Colours bright light blue, bright purple or olive green. Sometimes bright yellow. |
 Changi, Jul 10 |
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 Chek Jawa, Jul 05 |
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 East Coast, Jun 06  |
 Beting Bronok, May 03  |
 Changi, May 06  |
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Elegant branching sponges on Singapore shores |
| Photos of Elegant branching sponges for free download from wildsingapore flickr |
| Distribution in Singapore on this wildsingapore flickr map |
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