Sometimes, you just scratch your head...
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Very nicely done Flsalty!! I looked it up and believe it's a match!
Oceanapia sagittaria
Pink puff ball sponges (Oceanapia sagittaria) on the Shores of Singapore
Fact sheet with photos on flora and fauna of Singapore's intertidal shores
www.wildsingapore.com
I thought this bit was very cool:
"This puffy fluff is just a tiny part of the sponge. The bulk of the sponge is actually buried! The main sponge is bulbous and spherical. Colour usually a deep maroon to bright pink.
The capitate structure is where the water is 'exhaled' from the sponge, and also where propagules (new sponges) are dispersed."
Who'd guess that this is a buried sponge?!
For anyone interested, I came across this sponge in the fore-reef area on the north western edge of the reef just off Koh Talu (Thailand). Depth was less than 1 meter. It was brightly lit in the afternoon and stood out like a cheerleader. The surrounding area was coral rubble... very few corals in that shallow and turbid area (waves picking up sand, rubble, etc). On that day the water was clear with visibility about 10 meters. The reef area is quite shallow with large heads of Stony corals and a multitide of anemone. It's one of the only places I've ever seen large numbers of pacific anemone NOT populated by clownfish. Only the pink skunk clownfish were in attendance. The large anemones were also popular with domino damsels and other small fish.
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