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Marine Species: Aplysina fulva
(Pallas, 1766)
Taxonomy Structure
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Verongida |
| Family: | Aplysinidae |
| Genus: | Aplysina |
| Species: | Aplysina fulva |
Species Data:
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| Common Name: | Scattered Pore Rope Sponge |
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| Description: | Long form with many branches rope-shaped usually the growth is descendant of the substrate to which are attached but becomes ascendent at the end of some inches. Osculation form long lines along the sponge, and have sharp and protruding edges and light-colored, however, the surface hasn't a porous texture. |
| Habitat: | Reefs and walls at depths from 3 to 40m. |
| Color: | Color widely variable and can have many combinations: yellow-green, violet-brown and light brown. |
| Dimensions: | Form long structures with branches approximately cylindrical (3-5 cm in diameter) that sometimes cross over each other to form entangled structures from 1.2 to 2.5 m. |
| Geographical Distribution: | Caribbean Sea Western Central Atlantic |
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