Barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta)--these sponges may live for 100 years and grow to over 18 meters tall
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Barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta)--these sponges may live for 100 years and grow to over 18 meters tall
From NOAA-Ocean Explorer website:
"The barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta) may live for 100 years and grow to over 6 ft (18.m) tall. While populations have declined at sites throughout the Caribbean, they appear to be quite healthy on Little Cayman Island."
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Porifera (sponges)
- Demospongiae (demosponges)
- Haplosclerida
- Petrosiidae
- Xestospongia
- Xestospongia muta (Caribbean barrel sponge)
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- Twilight Zone Expedition Team 2007, NOAA-Ocean Explorer
- publisher
- Shapiro, Leo
- photographer
- Twilight Zone Expedition Team 2007, NOAA-Ocean Explorer
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- EOL Rapid Response Team
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- EOL staff
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