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| sponges text index | photo index |
| Phylum Porifera |
| Yellow
pot sponge Rhabdastrella globostellata* Family Ancorinidae updated Oct 2016 Where seen? This rather large, pot-shaped sponge is commonly seen on our Southern shores, among coral rubble. Features: About 12-15cm wide, a squat sphere with one or several shallow depressions at the top, so that the entire sponge resembles a shallow pot. The depression is smooth and often has many closely-spaced holes that resembles holes in cheese. There are bumps on the outside of the 'pot', sometimes forming ridges. Colours range from dull yellow to brownish or beige. |
 Sentosa, Apr 04 |
 Holes in the shallow depression. |
 Bumps on the outside. |
 Pulau Hantu, Mar 05  |
 Pulau Hantu, Apr 09  |
 St. John's Island, Mar 07  |
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Yellow pot sponges on Singapore shores |
| Photos of Yellow pot sponges for free download from wildsingapore flickr |
| Distribution in Singapore on this wildsingapore flickr map |
 Pulau Berkas, May 10 |
 Pulau Pawai, Dec 09 |
 Pulau Biola, Dec 09 |
 Terumbu Berkas, Jan 10 |
 Terumbu Salu, Jan 10 |
 Pulau Salu, Jun 10 |
 Pulau Senang, Jun 10 |
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