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Coral Encrusting Sponge

Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica / Chondrilla nucula

Coral encrusting sponges grow over and bore into living coral and take on the shape and pattern of the coral.

Coral Encrusting Sponge - Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica / Chondrilla nucula
Coral Encrusting Sponge - Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica / Chondrilla nucula
Coral Encrusting Sponge - Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica / Chondrilla nucula
Coral Encrusting Sponge - Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica / Chondrilla nucula
Coral Encrusting Sponge - Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica / Chondrilla nucula
Coral Encrusting Sponge - Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica / Chondrilla nucula
Coral Encrusting Sponge - Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica / Chondrilla nucula
Coral Encrusting Sponge - Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica / Chondrilla nucula
Coral Encrusting Sponge - Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica / Chondrilla nucula
Coral Encrusting Sponge - Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica / Chondrilla nucula
Coral Encrusting Sponge - Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica / Chondrilla nucula
Coral Encrusting Sponge - Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica / Chondrilla nucula
Coral Encrusting Sponge - Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica / Chondrilla nucula

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