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Description
Encrusting sponge (Porifera sp.) (Image credit: NOAA CCMA Biogeography Team)
Credit
NOAA CCMA Biogeography Team
Display Date
2009 July
Location
United States Virgin Islands, St. John
Collection
Coral Kingdom
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Encrusting sponge (Porifera sp.) (Image credit: NOAA CCMA Biogeography Team)