Gray Encrusting Sponge
Gelliodes wilsoni
- Group: Other
- For divers: safe
A grey encrusting sponge that coats shaded surfaces in harbours and other disturbed shallows, including the underside of plate corals on patch reefs. It filters water through its tissue and is harmless to touch.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Porifera › Demospongiae › Haplosclerida › Niphatidae › Gelliodes
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 820772.
FAQ
- Is the Gray Encrusting Sponge dangerous to divers?
- The Gray Encrusting Sponge is harmless to divers.