> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: Animals **Phylum**:: Porifera **Subphylum**:: **Superclass**:: **Class**:: Demospongiae **Subclass**:: **Superorder**:: **Order**:: Haplosclerida **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Niphatidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Amphimedon **Species**:: A. compressa **Vernacular**:: Erect rope sponge ## Photos  *[108 - 2023-02-25 - Kay Maréchal - Saint Pierre - Martinique](108%20-%202023-02-25%20-%20Kay%20Maréchal%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - It's the sponge at the left. A lot of different things on this picture, [Terebella](Terebella.md) that wraps around it, something that looks like a coral in the middle, another porifera at the right, maybe [[Siphonodictyon coralliphagum - Variable boring sponge]] and a [Xestospongia muta - Barrel sponge](Xestospongia%20muta%20-%20Barrel%20sponge.md)* ## Notes ## References - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Amphimedon-compressa-Eponge-corde-rouge-sang-1205/(rOffset)/4