> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: Animals **Phylum**:: Porifera **Subphylum**:: **Superclass**:: **Class**:: Demospongiae **Subclass**:: **Superorder**:: **Order**:: Dictyoceratida **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Dysideidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Dysidea **Species**:: D. avara **Vernacular**:: Pink sponge ## Photos ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1693086355/obsidian/2023-05-13%20Epidaure%20APSAP/Porifera/P5170325_i9fmgz.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1693086355/obsidian/2023-05-13%20Epidaure%20APSAP/Porifera/P5170325_i9fmgz.jpg) *[128 - 2023-05-17 - Pirate des Caraïbes - Epidaurus - Greece](128%20-%202023-05-17%20-%20Pirate%20des%20Caraïbes%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md) - I first thought about [Ircinia variabilis - Stinker sponge](Ircinia%20variabilis%20-%20Stinker%20sponge.md), but the color and the tubular shape wasn't matching. Dysidea avara seems to be a better match* ## Notes ## References - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Dysidea-avara-Eponge-cheminee-rose-790/(rOffset)/0