Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Loggerhead Sponge
Spheciospongia vesparium
Loggerhead Sponge
Category: Common Sponges
Scientific Name: Spheciospongia vesparium
Size: 1 to 5 ft. (30 to 150 cm)  
Depth: 15-60 ft. (5-18 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Porifera (Phylum)
└Demospongiae (Class)
 └Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  └Clionaida (Order)
   └Clionaidae (Family)
    └Spheciospongia (Genus)
     └S. vesparium (Species)
WoRMS ID: 170566🔗
iNaturalist ID: 131724🔗

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