> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: Animals **Phylum**:: Porifera **Subphylum**:: **Superclass**:: **Class**:: Demospongiae **Subclass**:: Heteroscleromorpha **Superorder**:: **Order**:: Clionaida **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Clionaidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Cliona **Species**:: C. viridis **Vernacular**:: Green boring sponge ## Photos ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1693086354/obsidian/2023-05-13%20Epidaure%20APSAP/Porifera/P5170298_nsn1dt.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1693086354/obsidian/2023-05-13%20Epidaure%20APSAP/Porifera/P5170298_nsn1dt.jpg) *[127 - 2023-05-17 - Labyrinthe de Zeus - Epidaurus - Greece](127%20-%202023-05-17%20-%20Labyrinthe%20de%20Zeus%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md) - Mostly green, but it's said that the visible part of C. viridis can be yellow, brown even black.* ## Notes ## References - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Cliona-viridis-Clione-verte-529 - [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p.139