How deep does the Loggerhead Sponge live?

The Loggerhead Sponge (Spheciospongia vesparium) is typically found at 5–15 m.

Loggerhead Sponge

Spheciospongia vesparium

Group: Other
Typical depth: 5–15 m

The loggerhead sponge builds a massive, barrel like body on hard inshore bottoms and seagrass beds, sometimes reaching the size of a small chair. Its maze of internal canals shelters a crowded community of shrimps, worms and other small animals, between roughly half a metre and eighteen metres down.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Porifera › Demospongiae › Clionaida › Clionaidae › Spheciospongia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 170566.

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How deep does the Loggerhead Sponge live?: The Loggerhead Sponge (Spheciospongia vesparium) is typically found at 5–15 m.