Xestospongia testudinaria
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Xestospongia testudinaria

Scientific Name: Xestospongia testudinaria
Location: Green Island Bay, Roxas, Palawan
Habitat: Reef Slope
Photo Credit: RG Dolorosa
Remarks: Morning Dive

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Petrosiidae
Genus: Xestospongia
Species: testudinaria
Scientific Name: Xestospongia testudinaria
English Name: Barrel Sponge
Local Name: None
Conservation Status:
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