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Shown are Tedania klausi and Corticium sp.

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Iotrochota birotulata from Puerto Rico

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Xestospongia muta, more commonly known as the redwoods of the sea and the barrel sponge :D

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My favorite genus of marine sponges: Clathrina sp.

Taken: Puerto Rico

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All four sponges belong to the genus Cliona. Sponges in pictures 1-3 are C. delitrix, while the last sponge might or might not be C. delitrix; Cliona sp.

Pictures taken: "El Natural" Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

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