Red-Brown+Branching+Songe


 * __Phyla:__ Porifera**
 * __Class:__** Demospongiae


 * __Scientific Name:__** //Zygomycale parishii//


 * __Location:__** Hawaii, Caribbean, South America

Microscleres: sigmas 2 sizes, 25 and 80 mm, toxas, raphides, palmate anisochelae 2 sizes, 20 and 45 mm and palmate isochelae 10 mm
 * __Size:__** Megascleres: subtylostyles 320 mm



__**Habitat:**__ Restricted to shallow water fouling communities.


 * __Living Conditions:__** It has to live on shallow water in warm places.


 * __Life Cycle:__** It reproduces asexually by breaking off a piece of itself when it is an adult. It then grows into another sponge and repeats the process.


 * __Male and Female Differences:__** None because of asexuality.


 * __Facts:__**
 * This sponge can also be brownish purple or dirty yellow.
 * Uses filtration to get food.




 * __Zookeeper:__** Paco Rodriguez

__**Information/ Pictures:**__


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 * http://dackelhaus.com/images/curacao08/underwater/brain%20coral%20and%20red-orange%20branching%20sponge.jpg
 * http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3199/2685529438_e554b1ee4d.jpg?v=0