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| sponges text index | photo index |
| Phylum Porifera |
| Lumpy
pink sponge Haliclona cf. baeri* Family Chalinidae updated Oct 2016 Where seen? This brightly coloured sponge is commonly on many of our shores, growing on rocky shores near the low water mark, as well as coral rubble near reefs. Features: 10-15cm in diameter, may be encrusting on rocks or forming small clumps. Clusters of knobs with large deep holes at the tips. In some, the knobs can be rather tall so they are tubular. May also form short branches. Texture rather smooth. Colours bright pink to carmine red. Looks similar to the Thick pink sponge which has shallow holes, a rougher texture and may form upright shapes. It is usually a dusky rose or greyish pink. |
 Pulau Sekudu, Aug 04 |
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 Beting Bemban Besar, Apr 10 |
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 Chek Jawa, Jun 06  |
 Pulau Semakau, Jan 05  |
 Beting Bronok, Aug 06  |
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Lumpy pink sponges on Singapore shores |
| Photos of Lumpy pink sponges for free download from wildsingapore flickr |
| Distribution in Singapore on this wildsingapore flickr map |
 Terumbu Berkas, Jan 10 |
 Terumbu Bemban, Apr 11 |
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