> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: Animals **Phylum**:: Porifera **Subphylum**:: **Superclass**:: **Class**:: **Subclass**:: **Superorder**:: **Order**:: **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: **Species**:: Incertae sedis **Vernacular**:: Unknown sponges Don't hesitate to [Contact me 💌](Contact%20me%20💌.md) if you know more about thoses species, happy to discuss! ☺️ ## Photos ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670157735/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Sponges/E%CC%81ponge_tubulaire_rouge_tduh3y.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670157735/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Sponges/E%CC%81ponge_tubulaire_rouge_tduh3y.jpg) [96 - 2022-11-27 - Middle Garden - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](96%20-%202022-11-27%20-%20Middle%20Garden%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md) - Tubular, red, making structures, saw at less than 15m. ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670157729/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Sponges/E%CC%81ponge_blanche_f2u8sm.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670157729/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Sponges/E%CC%81ponge_blanche_f2u8sm.jpg) [95 - 2022-11-27 - Ras Nasrani - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](95%20-%202022-11-27%20-%20Ras%20Nasrani%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md) - Maybe [Hemimycale columella](https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Hemimycale-columella-Eponge-a-crateres-345/(rOffset)/16) but don't seems to be the same colors and have so many osculum. Difficult to have informations on sponges in Red Sea. Encrusted on [Millepora alcicornis - Sea ginger](Millepora%20alcicornis%20-%20Sea%20ginger.md) ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1681652018/obsidian/Martinique%20Fev%202023/Porifera/P2250159_tgfbei.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1681652018/obsidian/Martinique%20Fev%202023/Porifera/P2250159_tgfbei.jpg) *[108 - 2023-02-25 - Kay Maréchal - Saint Pierre - Martinique](108%20-%202023-02-25%20-%20Kay%20Maréchal%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - Not sure about this one, I think about [Siphonodictyon coralliphagum - Variable boring sponge](Siphonodictyon%20coralliphagum%20-%20Variable%20boring%20sponge.md), but the fact it's a big one, with some kind of verucosa made me think of something other.* ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1681652018/obsidian/Martinique%20Fev%202023/Porifera/P2260348_e51lcx.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1681652018/obsidian/Martinique%20Fev%202023/Porifera/P2260348_e51lcx.jpg) *[110 - 2023-02-26 - Jardins Precheur - Saint Pierre - Martinique](110%20-%202023-02-26%20-%20Jardins%20Precheur%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - Two sponges that I can't find. The orange and the purple one.* ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1681652011/obsidian/Martinique%20Fev%202023/Porifera/P2260235_fhllsm.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1681652011/obsidian/Martinique%20Fev%202023/Porifera/P2260235_fhllsm.jpg) *[109 - 2023-02-26 - Coucoune - Saint Pierre - Martinique](109%20-%202023-02-26%20-%20Coucoune%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - I think this one can belongs to either Crambe spp. or Agelas spp. but nothing found about it, even with broader search.* ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1693086347/obsidian/2023-05-13%20Epidaure%20APSAP/Porifera/P5140004_2_mpxf7v.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1693086347/obsidian/2023-05-13%20Epidaure%20APSAP/Porifera/P5140004_2_mpxf7v.jpg) *[122 - 2023-05-14 - Aspo faro - Epidaurus - Greece](122%20-%202023-05-14%20-%20Aspo%20faro%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md) - Difficult to identify. The best matches I got are [Eurypon major](https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Eurypon-major-gracilis-Eponges-encroutantes-rouges-poilues-4196/(rOffset)/17) and [Ophlitaspongia papilla](https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Ophlitaspongia-papilla-Eponge-coussinet-rouge-sang-3692/(rOffset)/5).* ## Notes ## References -