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fig sponge

Suberites ficus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 132, February 97, March 152, April 240, May 346, June 377, July 404, August 347, September 255, October 190, November 104, December 81.
United States2,798
Alaska2,725
Canada143
Quebec61
Newfoundland and Labrador41
Massachusetts35
California19
New Brunswick16
British Columbia16
Maine9

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumSponges · Porifera
ClassDemosponges · Demospongiae
OrderSuberitida
FamilySuberitidae
GenusSuberites

Sources

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