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Liosina paradoxa has a gray-beige or muddy gray outside, the inside is orange. inside is orange.
The fabric structure is flexible, easily stretchable and equally easy to tear.
There is often a layer of sand on the surface of the sea sponge. of the sea sponge.
The sponge forms an encrusted mat that can easily be mistaken for a sea easily mistaken for a sea squirt.
It forms dense encrusted or upright growing bulbous structures. structures.
The oscules of the sea sponge are relatively small, scattered over the surface scattered over the surface and located on the tips.
Habitat: Liosina paradoxa colonizes dead corals, coral rubble and generally all other hard generally all other hard substrates in shallow coastal waters.
Feeding of the sea sponge: Liosina paradoxa feeds by sucking water through its pores. water through its pores, filtering out bacteria and organic particles and then expelling the filtered water through the oscula.
Synonyms:
Auletta bia de Laubenfels, 1954 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Migas porphyrion Sollas, 1908 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Milene porphyrion (Sollas, 1908) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
The fabric structure is flexible, easily stretchable and equally easy to tear.
There is often a layer of sand on the surface of the sea sponge. of the sea sponge.
The sponge forms an encrusted mat that can easily be mistaken for a sea easily mistaken for a sea squirt.
It forms dense encrusted or upright growing bulbous structures. structures.
The oscules of the sea sponge are relatively small, scattered over the surface scattered over the surface and located on the tips.
Habitat: Liosina paradoxa colonizes dead corals, coral rubble and generally all other hard generally all other hard substrates in shallow coastal waters.
Feeding of the sea sponge: Liosina paradoxa feeds by sucking water through its pores. water through its pores, filtering out bacteria and organic particles and then expelling the filtered water through the oscula.
Synonyms:
Auletta bia de Laubenfels, 1954 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Migas porphyrion Sollas, 1908 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Milene porphyrion (Sollas, 1908) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)