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Branching Tube Sponge
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Branching Tube Sponge

Aiolochroia crassa

Aiolochroia crassa, also known as branching tube sponge' and bleeding cake sponge, is a colorful sponge species originally described in 1875 by Alpheus Hyatt. Aiolochroia crassa got the name of branching tube sponge due to its large branching tubes.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 131713.