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Spawling Sponge
Tom Kennedy, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Sponges

Spawling Sponge

Neopetrosia subtriangularis (Duchassaing, 1850)

Names

EnglishSpawling Sponge
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Scientific nameNeopetrosia subtriangularis (Duchassaing, 1850)

About this species

Neopetrosia subtriangularis is a species of marine petrosiid sponges native to the waters off Florida and the Caribbean Sea. They superficially resemble staghorn corals.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumPorifera
ClassDemospongiae
OrderHaplosclerida
FamilyPetrosiidae
GenusNeopetrosia

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