Yellow
pot sponge
Rhabdastrella globostellata*
Family
Ancorinidae
updated
Oct 2016
Where
seen?
This rather large, pot-shaped sponge is commonly seen on our Southern
shores, among coral rubble.
Features: About 12-15cm
wide, a squat sphere with one or several shallow depressions at the
top, so that the entire sponge resembles a shallow pot. The depression
is smooth and often has many closely-spaced holes that resembles holes
in cheese. There are bumps on the outside of the 'pot', sometimes
forming ridges. Colours range from dull yellow to brownish or beige. |
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Sentosa, Apr 04
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Holes in the shallow depression.
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Bumps on the outside.
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Pulau Hantu, Mar 05
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Pulau Hantu, Apr 09
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St. John's Island, Mar 07
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*Species
are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience
of display.
Yellow
pot sponges on Singapore shores |
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Terumbu Semakau, May 10
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on his
blog. |
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Pulau Berkas, May 10 |
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Pulau Pawai, Dec 09 |
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Pulau Biola, Dec 09 |
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Terumbu Berkas, Jan 10 |
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Terumbu Salu, Jan 10 |
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Pulau Salu, Jun 10 |
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Pulau Senang, Jun 10 |
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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