Aplysina Archeri
This is a type of sea sponge usually called stove pipe sponge.
It can get to 5 feet tall and 3 inches thick.
-This sponge mates like many other sponge species.
-It can either be sexual or asexual.
-It asexual, the sponge forms little pods called gammeles that are located on the external part of the sponge.
Currents in the water detach them and carry these pods to wherever.
-Where they land, is where they will hatch and start a new sponge.
-Sexual reproduction between two stove pipe sponges is random.
-They are all the same gender, hermaphrodites, and do not have sexual organs.
-To sexually reproduce, this sponge sprays sperms out all around it, into the water.
-The sperm is carried by the current and if it hits another stove-pipe sponge, it becomes pregnant.
-Pregnant sponges keep the eggs in them until they are mature, then they let them out and they create new sponges.
This is a type of sea sponge usually called stove pipe sponge.
It can get to 5 feet tall and 3 inches thick.
-This sponge mates like many other sponge species.
-It can either be sexual or asexual.
-It asexual, the sponge forms little pods called gammeles that are located on the external part of the sponge.
Currents in the water detach them and carry these pods to wherever.
-Where they land, is where they will hatch and start a new sponge.
-Sexual reproduction between two stove pipe sponges is random.
-They are all the same gender, hermaphrodites, and do not have sexual organs.
-To sexually reproduce, this sponge sprays sperms out all around it, into the water.
-The sperm is carried by the current and if it hits another stove-pipe sponge, it becomes pregnant.
-Pregnant sponges keep the eggs in them until they are mature, then they let them out and they create new sponges.