Tube sponge coral

Lavender tube sponge at Salt Pier, Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean

All sponges belong to the phylum porifera. This means that they are "pore bearers," or they all have pores.

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Marine life on the coral reefs in Curacao and Bonaire thrive because the government has established a marine preserve to protect the coral population. In some parts of the world coral reefs are declining at an alarming rate. While natural causes, such as storms and water temperature changes, put pressure on reefs, humans have contributed to the damage through excessive chemical contamination from groundwater runoff. The Reef Environmental Education Foundation is an organization of…

This a branching vase sponge, its circular tubes can reach up to a foot high.

APLYSINA LACUNOSA: Single or clustered, thick-walled tapering tubes of up to 35 cm high, 10 cm in diameter, with an apical vent of up to 3.5 cm with an iris type diaphragm. The tubes are tapering more strongly towards the base than Aplysina archeri ; often the base is barely 1 cm in diameter.

Images of Sea Sponges. The simple ocean animals without hearts, brains, or stomachs.

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