Purple+Encrusting+Sponge


 * Phyla:** Porifera




 * __Class:__** Demospongiae


 * __Scientific name:__** //Haliclona permollis//


 * __Location:__** mostly found in waters around Australia

__**Size:**__ 4.1 cm in height


 * __Habitat:__** lives on intertidal rocky shores


 * __Living Requirements:__** can be found near the low-tide mark attached to rock surfaces in small, irregular shaped patches. They're the only sponges in rock pools known to be fully exposed to sunlight.


 * __Life Cycle:__** are larval and also asexual


 * __Facts:__** Purple encrusting sponges are preyed upon by the ringed nudibranch. Although its name is the purple encrusting sponge, its color is sometimes pink and at times, gray.



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