Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Golf Ball Sponge
Cinachyrella australiensis
Golf Ball Sponge
Category: Common Sponges
Scientific Name: Cinachyrella australiensis
Size: Up to 3 in. (7.5 cm)  
Depth: 0-15 ft. (0-5 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Porifera (Phylum)
└Demospongiae (Class)
 └Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  └Tetractinellida (Order)
   └Tetillidae (Family)
    └Cinachyrella (Genus)
     └C. australiensis (Species)
WoRMS ID: 171296🔗
iNaturalist ID: 551979🔗

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