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Story: Marine animals without backbones

Yellow finger sponge (2nd of 3)

Yellow finger sponge

Shown here growing among seaweeds on a reef at the Kapiti Island marine reserve is Raspalia, one of the finger sponges.

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Department of Conservation
Reference: 10056307
Photograph by Malcolm Francis

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Dennis Gordon and Maggy Wassilieff. 'Marine animals without backbones', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
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