P-50 HERMIT CRAB SPONGE, - Gulf Specimen Marine Lab

It is a hardy, commensal orange and green sponge that engulfs hermit crabs or snail shells, building up layers of sponge tissue called “false shells.” When the sponge colony is small, the crab or snail moves freely around the tide flats, but when Pseudospongosorites grows too large the host becomes a trapped prisoner. Paguristes hummi, the filter-feeding hermit, or Cantharus cancellarius, the ribbed snail are the original hosts. Size: 3-6 cm.

Gulf Specimen Marine Lab

The DOODLES, DESIGNS, and aRT of CHRISTOPHER BURDETT: Gulf Specimen Marine Lab reference drop

Hermit Crabs Archives - Gulf Specimen Marine Lab

Home-New - Gulf Specimen Marine Lab

Gulf Specimen Marine Lab

Porifera / Sponges - Gulf Specimen Marine Lab

Florida Marine Research SFM33336 3-Pack Natural Small Animal Sponge : Pet Health Care Supplies : Pet Supplies

Hermit Crabs Archives - Gulf Specimen Marine Lab

Gulf Specimen Marine Lab

A revision of “blanket-hermit crabs” of the genus Paguropsis Henderson, 1888, with the description of a new genus and five new species (Crustacea, Anomura, Diogenidae)

P-104 CRUMB-OF-BREAD SPONGE, - Gulf Specimen Marine Lab

Porifera / Sponges - Gulf Specimen Marine Lab

Gulf Specimen Marine Lab

IMG_8084_40, Gulf Specimen Marine Lab hermit crab, grafxmangrafxman

Porifera / Sponges - Gulf Specimen Marine Lab