Congratulations Livan, your Azure Vase Sponge is our Spotting of the Day:
"One of the most colorful sponges in the world! This Azure Vase Sponge (Callyspongia plicifera) is our Spotting of the Day. This vase-shaped sponge with many grooves and pits on the outside is found in coral reefs in the Caribbean, Bahamas, and Florida. Sponges (phylum Porifera) belong to the Animal kingdom. They are multicellular organisms with bodies full of pores and channels so that water circulate through them. Sponges come in many different types of colors, shapes and sizes. It is estimated that there are more than 5,000 species of sponges.
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Swain22, I have a Sealife underwater camera and was SCUBA diving. cole6, I know this species comes in a variety of colors but I don’t know if the cause is individual varieties, or by area, or due to nutrients and environment factors. Good question. thorton16, I don’t know if it has any toxins or irritants to the touch. It is an invertebrate animal, but not at all a fish.
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