BY255L Invertebrate Zoology Lab - Red Sponge
Comments
- This specimen is from the Gulf of Mexico.
- Red sponges are not very common in the Gulf of Mexico because of the high sediment level.
The abundance of sediment is due to lots of river runoff.
- Many red sponges from the Gulf of Mexico are toxic.
- According Wet Web Media
this might be Tedania ignis.
Specimens
Links
Just for fun
UAB Links
Red sponge