BY255L Invertebrate Zoology Lab - Aiolochroia crassa

Comments

• These specimens are of the green-yellow color morph.
• Like many sponges Aiolochroia crassa is aerophbic - it turns purple when exposed to air.
• These specimens are from a 90 foot deep reef flat off the Georgia coast.
• Its common name is tube sponge.

Specimens

• Aiolochroia crassa-01
• Aiolochroia crassa-02

Links

• Berkeley underwater photos
• The sponge pumps so much water that you sometimes can feel the exhaust by placing your hand near the top of the sponge's tube.
• Bimini - sponges on dead coral

UAB Links

• Patrick Erwin - Georgia coast