Florent's Guide To The
South Florida Reefs
Common Sponges
Citron Sponge
Orange Elephant Ear Sponge
Tubulate Sponge
Brown Clustered Tube Sponge
Walper's Branching Sponge
Brown Encrusting Octopus Sponge
Touch-Me-Not Sponge
Brown Variable Sponge
Red Boring Sponge
Loggerhead Sponge
Red-Orange Encrusting Sponge
Pink and Red Encrusting Sponge
High-Veined Encrusting Sponge
Pink Purple Octopus Sponge
Branching Vase Sponge
Azure Vase Sponge
Elongated Vase Sponge
Erect Rope Sponge
Brown Bowl Sponge
Pink Vase Sponge
Lavender Rope Spounge
Giant Barrel Sponge
Red Encrusting Sponge
Pink Lumpy Sponge
Lumpy Overgrowing Sponge
Green Finger Sponge
Orange-Veined Encrusting Sponge
Strawberry Vase Sponge
Orange Icing Sponge
Orange Lumpy Encrusting Sponge
Dark Volcano Sponge
Leathery Barrel Sponge
Orange Ball Sponge
Bell Sponge
Stinker Sponge
Black-Ball Sponge
Smenospongia conulosa
Star Encrusting Sponge
Branching Tube Sponge
Row Pore Rope Sponge
Yellow Tube Sponge
Scattered Pore Rope Sponge
Branchlet Sponge
Pitted Sponge
Slime Sponges
Viscous Sponge
Calcareous Sponges
Yellow Calcareous Sponge
White Cryptic Sponge
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