Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

White Cryptic Sponge
White Cryptic Sponge
Scientific Name: Leucandra aspera
Category: Sponges
Size: 2 to 12 in. (5 to 30 cm)  
Depth: 50-130 ft. (15-40 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida

Sponges

White Cryptic Sponge

Smenospongia conulosa

Strawberry Vase Sponge

Azure Vase Sponge

Pink Vase Sponge

Brown Bowl Sponge

Giant Barrel Sponge

Netted Barrel Sponge

Verongula reiswigi

Touch-Me-Not Sponge

Agelas cerebrum

Brown Tube Sponge

Agelas conifera

Brown Clustered Tube Sponge

Branching Tube Sponge

Branching Vase Sponge

Stove-Pipe Sponge

Yellow Tube Sponge

Rough Tube Sponge

Convoluted Barrel Sponge

Xestospongia rosariensis

Loggerhead Sponge

Black-Ball Sponge

Ircinia campana

Stinker Sponge

Orange Ball Sponge

Leathery Barrel Sponge

Dark Volcano Sponge

Pitted Sponge

Pink Lumpy Sponge

Lumpy Overgrowing Sponge

Orange Elephant Ear Sponge

Agelas citrina

Lavender Rope Spounge

Row Pore Rope Sponge

Scattered Pore Rope Sponge

Erect Rope Sponge

Pandaros acanthifolium

Green Finger Sponge

Brown Encrusting Octopus Sponge

Pink and Red Encrusting Sponge

Red Encrusting Sponge

Peach Encrusting Sponge

Star Encrusting Sponge

Orange Veined Encrusting Sponge

Orange Icing Sponge

Orange Lumpy Encrusting Sponge

Orange Sieve Encrusting Sponge

Viscous Sponge

Brown Variable Sponge

Cliona caribbaea

Coral Encrusting Sponge

Variable Boring Sponge

Red Boring Sponge

Yellow Calcareous Sponge

Dercitus (Halinastra) luteus



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