> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: Animals **Phylum**:: Porifera **Subphylum**:: **Superclass**:: **Class**:: Demospongiae **Subclass**:: **Superorder**:: **Order**:: Halichondrida **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**::Axinellidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Axinella **Species**:: A. polypoides **Vernacular**:: Yellow antlers sponge ## Photos ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1693086346/obsidian/2023-05-13%20Epidaure%20APSAP/Porifera/P5160161_lm7uem.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1693086346/obsidian/2023-05-13%20Epidaure%20APSAP/Porifera/P5160161_lm7uem.jpg) *[126 - 2023-05-16 - Delta - Epidaurus - Greece](126%20-%202023-05-16%20-%20Delta%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md) - Axinella sp. are very similar. I think of A. polypoides because of its rough surface and the osculum shapes. It's also the most common axinella* ## Notes ## References - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Axinella-polypoides-Axinelle-commune-312/(rOffset)/18 - [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p.137