> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: Animals **Phylum**:: Porifera **Subphylum**:: **Superclass**:: **Class**:: Demospongiae **Subclass**:: **Superorder**:: **Order**:: Haplosclerida **Suborder**:: Haplosclerina **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Niphatidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Nephates **Species**:: N. digitalis **Vernacular**:: Pink vase 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) - Covered with [[Umimayanthus parasiticus - Sponge-incrusting zoanthid]] and an arm of [Ophiotrix suensoni - Sponge brittle star](Ophiotrix%20suensoni%20-%20Sponge%20brittle%20star.md) at the sponge's very bottom *  *[110 - 2023-02-26 - Jardins Precheur - Saint Pierre - Martinique](110%20-%202023-02-26%20-%20Jardins%20Precheur%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - With [Ophiotrix suensoni - Sponge brittle star](Ophiotrix%20suensoni%20-%20Sponge%20brittle%20star.md) on the sponges, just near what seems to be a [[Mycale laxissima - Strawberry vase sponge]] and a [Aplysina fistularis - Yellow tube sponge](Aplysina%20fistularis%20-%20Yellow%20tube%20sponge.md) on the bottom.* ## Notes ## References - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Niphates-digitalis-Eponge-vase-rose-539/(rOffset)/6