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| sponges text index | photo index |
| Phylum Porifera |
| Lumpy
purple sponge Haliclona sp.* Family Chalinidae updated Oct 2016 Where seen? This purple sponge is sometimes seen on our Northern shores, growing on coral rubble. Features: 10-15cm. The sponge is encrusting with knobs with large holes at the tips. Colour purple. |
 Chek Jawa, Aug 05 |
 Tuas, Apr 05 |
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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.
| Lumpy purple sponges on Singapore shores |
On wildsingapore
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| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
 Terumbu Bemban, Jun 10 Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on his flickr. |
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