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| sponges text index | photo index |
| Phylum Porifera |
| Higgin's
sponge Higginsia sp.* Family Heteroxyidae updated Oct 2016 Where seen? This bright orange hairy sponge is sometimes seen at Beting Bronok off Pulau Tekong. Features: Fat but flattened leaf-like branches or lobes (10-15cm) covered with long thin stiff hairs that traps sediments so the sponge is often obscured. Colour uniform bright orange. |
 Beting Bemban Besar, May 11. |
 Covered with long thin stiff hairs. |
 Trapped sediments hides bright orange colour. |
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Higgin's sponges on Singapore shores |
| Photos of Higgin's sponges for free download from wildsingapore flickr |
| Distribution in Singapore on this wildsingapore flickr map |
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