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| sponges text index | photo index |
| Phylum Porifera |
| Colourful
chimney sponge Petrosia sp.* Family Petrosiidae updated Oct 2016 Where seen? This colourful sponge with short tubular chimneys is sometimes seen on some of our shores. Features: Ball shaped sponge 10-15cm, with regularly shaped chimneys about 1cm in diameter, 1-2cm tall. Orange, olive-yellow, brown. |
 Pulau Sekudu, May 12 |
 Beting Bemban Besar, May 10 |
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*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Colourful chimney sponges on Singapore shores |
| Photos of Colourful chimney sponges for free download from wildsingapore flickr |
| Distribution in Singapore on this wildsingapore flickr map |
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