Calcareous Tube-Sponge

Leucosolenia variabilis

• Group: Other

This calcareous sponge builds a delicate network of thin white tubes stiffened by tiny mineral spicules. It shows no fussiness about where it settles, often draping itself over algae and hydroids in the shallow sublittoral.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Porifera › Calcarea › Leucosolenida › Leucosoleniidae › Leucosolenia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 132233.