eastern cape scuba diving
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| Scientific name: |
Cliona spp-1 |
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| Common name: |
Grey boring sponge |
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| Taxonomy |
| Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
| Porifera |
Cellularia |
Demospongiae |
Tetractinomorpha |
Hadromerida |
Not Defined |
Clionaidae |
Not Defined |
Cliona |
Cliona spp-1 |
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Short Description:
This is one of the "boring sponges", which create round holes up to around 5 cm in diameter in. In the colony there are small holes covering its entire plain The overall colour is grey with a light brown tint
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Identification
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| Size: |
Their colonies can be up to 750mm in diameter |
| Behaviour: |
The boring sponge lives on the ocean floor. They group in colonies rather than wander alone. They do this for protection and reproduction |
| Diet: |
They get their food through small "filters" as seawater flows through |
| Distribution: |
Worldwide |
| Depth: |
30m |
| Habitat: |
Shallow rocky reefs |
| References: |
- Marine Life (An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Invertebrates in the Sea)
J.David George & Jennifer J George
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.wikipedia.org/
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Database Statistics
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