> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: Animals **Phylum**:: Porifera **Subphylum**:: **Superclass**:: **Class**:: Demospongiae **Subclass**:: **Superorder**:: **Order**:: Clionaida **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Spirastrellidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Spirastrella **Species**:: S. coccinela **Vernacular**:: Pink and red encrusting sponge ## Photos ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1681652000/obsidian/Martinique%20Fev%202023/Porifera/P2260263_bnmzjh.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1681652000/obsidian/Martinique%20Fev%202023/Porifera/P2260263_bnmzjh.jpg) *[109 - 2023-02-26 - Coucoune - Saint Pierre - Martinique](109%20-%202023-02-26%20-%20Coucoune%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - The red sponge on the left. I don't know what coral is the pink arbuster in the middle (maybe that's what I was picturing) and don't know about the brown sponge either. But there's a [Agelas conifera](Agelas%20conifera%20-%20Brown%20tube%20sponge.md) on the bottom.* ## Notes ## References - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirastrella_coccinea -