Pipe Sponge (11.5”) Staghorn with a maximum arm span

with a maximum arm span of 3

Sometimes they are a light brown and white

One of the four most abundant species of Hawaiian reef-building corals

also known as the spiny porcupinefish and spiny puffer

Brown stem corals are comprised of tightly clustered white stems which are brown at the base as the name suggests

Pipe Sponge (11.5”) Staghorn with a maximum arm spanThe Stove pipe Sponge (Aplysina archeri) is a species of tube sponge that has long tube like structures of cylindrical shape. Although they can grow in a single tube, they often grow in large groups of up to 22 tubes. A single tube can grow up to 5 feet (1. 5 m) high and 3 inches (7. 6 cm) thick. These sponges mostly live in the Western Atlantic Ocean: the Caribbean, The Bahamas. Like most sponges, they are filter feeders; they eat food such as