Some sponges have symbiotic algae and can bleach like corals.
Image ID: nur05505, National Undersearch Research Program (NURP) Collection
Location: Bahamas, Lee Stocking Island
Credit: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); Caribbean Marine Research Center
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