Scuba Season

Elephant Ear Sponge

Agelas clathrodes

Sighting evidence at Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico

Elephant Ear Sponge

Photo: Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY

Enormous orange elephant ear sponges festoon Desecheo's boulders and walls, some individuals spanning over a metre across and providing shelter for cardinal fish, gobies, and arrow crabs within their folds. These filter feeders are key indicators of excellent water quality.

Evidence at this site

0 records within 25 km

Confidence: low

No date on file
How is this calculated?

Sighting evidence is compiled from iNaturalist observation records within a set proximity radius, filtered for quality-grade observations. “Last confirmed” is the date of the most recent research-grade record. Record count covers a rolling 24-month window. Confidence reflects record count, recency, and consistency of seasonal signal.

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