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sponges
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| Phylum Porifera |
| Tubular
sponge Haliclona sp.* Family Chalinidae updated Aug 10 Where seen? This tubular sponge is commonly seen on our undisturbed Northern shores, growing on coral rubble. Features: The entire sponge 10-15cm wide with closely packed narrow hollow tubes (4-6cm tall about 1-2cm wide). In some, the tubes may have short spikes on the sides. A wide range of colours from beige, pale to bright blue, pale green and purple. Sometimes confused with Spiky tubular sponges (Gelliodes sp.) which have neat spikes regularly arranged around their hollow tubes forming a star-like shape around the large hole at the tibe of the tube. Some green sponges with knobs and tubular shapes are featured under Lumpy green sponges (Haliclona sp.). |
 Beting Bronok, May 06 |
 Pulau Semakau, Jun 05 |
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Tubular sponges on Singapore shores
 Beting Bronok, May 06 |
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 Chek Jawa, Apr 03 |
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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.
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