Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Stinker Sponge
Stinker Sponge
Scientific Name: Ircinia felix
Class: Demospongiae
Category: Sponges
Size: 6 to 12 in. (15 to 30 cm)  
Depth: 5-65 ft. (2-20 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida

Sponges

Stinker Sponge

Orange Ball Sponge

Leathery Barrel Sponge

Dark Volcano Sponge

Pitted Sponge

Pink Lumpy Sponge

Lumpy Overgrowing Sponge

Lavender Rope Spounge

Row Pore Rope Sponge

Scattered Pore Rope Sponge

Erect Rope Sponge

Walper's Branching Sponge

Pandaros acanthifolium

Green Finger Sponge

Brown Encrusting Octopus Sponge

Pink and Red Encrusting Sponge

Red Encrusting Sponge

Peach Encrusting Sponge

Star Encrusting Sponge

Orange-Veined Encrusting Sponge

High-Veined Encrusting Sponge

Orange Icing Sponge

Orange Lumpy Encrusting Sponge

Orange Sieve Encrusting Sponge

Viscous Sponge

Brown Variable Sponge

Cliona tenuis

Coral Encrusting Sponge

Variable Boring Sponge

Red Boring Sponge

Dercitus (Halinastra) luteus

Smenospongia conulosa

Strawberry Vase Sponge

Azure Vase Sponge

Pink Vase Sponge

Brown Bowl Sponge

Giant Barrel Sponge

Netted Barrel Sponge

Verongula reiswigi

Touch-Me-Not Sponge

Brain Sponge

Tubulate Sponge

Brown Tube Sponge

Brown Clustered Tube Sponge

Orange Elephant Ear Sponge

Citron Sponge

Branching Tube Sponge

Branching Vase Sponge

Callyspongia fallax

Stove-Pipe Sponge

Yellow Tube Sponge

Rough Tube Sponge

Convoluted Barrel Sponge

Xestospongia rosariensis

Loggerhead Sponge

Black-Ball Sponge

Bell Sponge

Calcareous Sponges


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