Sponge worm
Haplosyllis spongicola
(Grube, 1855)
Description:
This small, white, parasitic worm lives on the inner walls of sponges, where it can mass with thousands on one sponge.
Size: up to 1 cm.
Habitat:
Lives on sponges, most often on the Touch-me-not sponge Neofibularia nolitangere.
Depth: ranges from 3 m down to 40 m.
Distribution:
Common all over the Caribbean.