Haliclona fascigera

(Hentschel, 1912)

Pink Tube Sponge

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean

Natural Environment: Inhabits hard substrates on reef flats.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.

Best left in the wild.

Note: For a photo of this sponge, visit the Baensch Marine Atlas Vol. 2, page 83.

Taxonomy: Subphylum Cellularia, Class Demospongiae, Subclass Ceractinomorpha, Order: Haplosclerida

FYI: Feeds by drawing water in and through its pores and filtering out bacteria and organic particles, then expelling the filtered water out through the osculi.