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Branching Vase Sponge - Rippled type

Callyspongia aculeata

What I call The Rippled Vase Sponge is just another growth form of the Branching Vase Sponge. But since it looks so different from thr vase sponge tube growth pattern, it's easier to nick-name it for identification purposes.

 

Rippled Branching Vase Sponge - Callyspongia aculeata
Rippled Branching Vase Sponge - Callyspongia aculeata
Rippled Branching Vase Sponge - Callyspongia aculeata
Rippled Branching Vase Sponge - Callyspongia aculeata
Rippled Branching Vase Sponge - Callyspongia aculeata
Rippled Branching Vase Sponge - Callyspongia aculeata
Rippled Branching Vase Sponge - Callyspongia aculeata
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