> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: Animals
**Phylum**:: Porifera
**Subphylum**::
**Superclass**::
**Class**:: Demospongiae
**Subclass**:: Heteroscleromorpha
**Superorder**::
**Order**:: Clionaida
**Suborder**::
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Clionaidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Cliona
**Species**:: C. celata
**Vernacular**:: Yellow boring sponge
## Photos
*[126 - 2023-05-16 - Delta - Epidaurus - Greece](126%20-%202023-05-16%20-%20Delta%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md) - A lot of things in this picture. With [Spirastrella cunctatrix - Orange encrusting sponge](Spirastrella%20cunctatrix%20-%20Orange%20encrusting%20sponge.md), encrusting algea, tubular worms, foraminifera on the bottom (the little white things that looks like sand), bryozoans (things that looks like white hair everywhere)*
*[135 - 2023-07-22 - Grottes fauconières - Saint Cyr - France](135%20-%202023-07-22%20-%20Grottes%20fauconières%20-%20Saint%20Cyr%20-%20France.md) - With some [Lithophyllum spp. - Stone-leaf](Lithophyllum%20spp.%20-%20Stone-leaf.md)*
## Notes
[Sciaphyle](Sciaphyle.md) species for sure. I saw it only on [Overhang](Overhang.md) and caves.
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Cliona-celata-Clione-jaune-382
- [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p.140