Description

Also known as Calcareous Sponge, Green Sponge Coral, Lettuce Sponge, Marine Sponge, Volcano Sponge, Yellow Sponge Coral.

Found attached to cave walls, drop-offs, and slopes, of coral and rocky reefs. Colour varies from green to yellow.
They feed on plankton.
Length - 150cm
Depth - 1-170m
Widespread Southeast Atlantic, Indo-West Pacific

Sponges come in a range of sizes from minuscule encrusting species under rocks to massive sponges which can be up to one and half metres high.
They are able to filter many litres of sea water every few seconds.
Sponges can exude highly toxic chemicals and so have very few predators apart from nudibranchs, sea stars, sea urchins and umbrella shell.
Their colour can vary if growing in the light or when growing in the shade. (edit) Ref: x