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Raspailia sp.
Raspailia sp.
1. In situ (Rob Ruzicka)
2. In situ (Rob Ruzicka)
3. In situ - showing part of sponge removed from underneath sediment (Rob Ruzicka)
4. In situ - top view of sponge with sediment removed (Rob Ruzicka)
5. In situ - with part of sponge removed from underneath sediment (Rob Ruzicka)
6. Out of water (Rob Ruzicka)
7. Out of water (Rob Ruzicka)
8. Out of water (Rob Ruzicka)
Size
Colony height: fingers reaching 5cm (2") Colony width: reaching 20cm (8") in diameter
Recognition Characters
Sponge grows in encrusting sheets with numerous erect, rough, fingerlike projections. Projections are strongly conulose.
Color
Yellow, yellowish-white.
Habitat & Depth
Mixed sandy and hard bottom habitats. To 30m.
Distribution at GRNMS
Common. Found adjacent to nearby ledges or rocky outcroppings. Found primarily on sandy bottoms surrounding hardbottom areas.
Geographic Range
Georgia
Behavior & Notes
This may be a new species that has not been described by science. The genus Raspailia normally has echinating acanthostyles, but one group is characterized by its lack and that is the subgenus Parasyringella. This species of Raspailia falls into this subgenus group of Parasyringella.
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