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| Phylum Porifera |
| Tubular
sponge Haliclona sp.* Family Chalinidae updated Oct 2016 Where seen? This tubular sponge is commonly seen on our undisturbed Northern shores, growing on coral rubble. Also sometimes seen on undisturbed Southern shores. 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, lemon yellow, 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. |
 Pulau Semakau, Jun 05 |
 Chek Jawa, Apr 03 |
 Beting Bronok, Aug 05 |
 Beting Bronok, May 11 
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 Beting Bronok, May 11  |
 Beting Bronok, May 06  |
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
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