Red Encrusting Sponge (Clathria pennata)
Description:
Red encrusting sponge (photo credit: Lauren Rice)
Description: red dorids eat red encrusting sponge
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Diet:
Tide Pool Tidbits:
Red sponge eating nudibranchs are often found on top of or next to patches of red sponge. They are the exact color of the sponge, so to see them you need to look very closely for a tiny dorid shaped lump.
References: Central Coast Biodiversity pages on purple encrusting sponge and yellow-green encrusting sponge