Pseudoceratina durissima

(Carter, 1886)

Tough Tube Sponge

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean

Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow reef slopes and seen encrusting live corals and coral rubble.

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 125.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Porifera

Class: Demospongiae

Subclass: Verongimorpha

Order: Veronglida

Family: Pseudoceratinidae

Genus: Pseudoceratina

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.