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Finger Sponge

Callyspongia nuda

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) imaurer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 4, February 2, March 2, April 11, May 9, June 8, July 3, August 6, September 2, October 6, November 3, December 0.
New Zealand56
Auckland Region19
Wellington Region12
Northland Region9
Taranaki Region6
Waikato Region3
Bay of Plenty Region3
Canterbury Region3
Australia2
New South Wales2

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

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumSponges · Porifera
ClassDemosponges · Demospongiae
OrderHaplosclerida
FamilyCallyspongiidae
GenusCallyspongia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Finger Sponge with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.