Finger Sponge
Common Name: Finger Sponge
Scientific Name: Chalina
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Other Taxonomy: Order: Poecilosclerida Family: Iotrochotidae Genus:Iotrochota
Specimen #: 92
Circumstance: Observed in lab
Specimen Condition: Specimen was dead
Location: Alfred bio lab
Typical Habitat: finger sponge is found in the Caribbean Sea at depths varying from 2 to 15 metres (6 ft 7 in to 49 ft 3 in). Its range includes the West Indies, the Bahamas, southern Florida, Venezuela and northern Brazil, but it is absent from Bermuda. It inhabits reefs, the deeper water outside the reef crests and the underside and surfaces of rocks in shallow bays.
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: finger sponge is found in the Caribbean Sea at depths varying from 2 to 15 metres (6 ft 7 in to 49 ft 3 in). Its range includes the West Indies, the Bahamas, southern Florida, Venezuela and northern Brazil, but it is absent from Bermuda. It inhabits reefs, the deeper water outside the reef crests and the underside and surfaces of rocks in shallow bays.
Relationship with humans: No known relationship with humans
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iotrochota_birotulata
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Finger-Sponge
Scientific Name: Chalina
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Other Taxonomy: Order: Poecilosclerida Family: Iotrochotidae Genus:Iotrochota
Specimen #: 92
Circumstance: Observed in lab
Specimen Condition: Specimen was dead
Location: Alfred bio lab
Typical Habitat: finger sponge is found in the Caribbean Sea at depths varying from 2 to 15 metres (6 ft 7 in to 49 ft 3 in). Its range includes the West Indies, the Bahamas, southern Florida, Venezuela and northern Brazil, but it is absent from Bermuda. It inhabits reefs, the deeper water outside the reef crests and the underside and surfaces of rocks in shallow bays.
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: finger sponge is found in the Caribbean Sea at depths varying from 2 to 15 metres (6 ft 7 in to 49 ft 3 in). Its range includes the West Indies, the Bahamas, southern Florida, Venezuela and northern Brazil, but it is absent from Bermuda. It inhabits reefs, the deeper water outside the reef crests and the underside and surfaces of rocks in shallow bays.
Relationship with humans: No known relationship with humans
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iotrochota_birotulata
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Finger-Sponge