Orange Veined Encrusting Sponge

Clathria curacaoensis

• Group: Other

An orange encrusting sponge that spreads in thin sheets over hard reef surfaces. It often serves as a secondary home for Christmas tree worms, which embed their tubes within its body.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Porifera › Demospongiae › Poecilosclerida › Microcionidae › Clathria

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 765193.