How deep does the Dujardins Slime Sponge live?

The Dujardins Slime Sponge (Halisarca dujardinii) is typically found at 1–300 m.

Dujardins Slime Sponge

Halisarca dujardinii

Group: Other
Typical depth: 1–300 m

A thin spreading sponge that coats stones, empty shells and even the carapaces of crabs, it turns up from the shoreline down to around three hundred metres. It has no hard glassy spicules at all, so the whole body stays soft and slippery to the touch.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Porifera › Demospongiae › Chondrillida › Halisarcidae › Halisarca

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 132736.

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How deep does the Dujardins Slime Sponge live?: The Dujardins Slime Sponge (Halisarca dujardinii) is typically found at 1–300 m.