Location: Florida, Biscayne Bay, United States

Habitat: mangrove/coastal lagoon

Photographer: Sven Zea

Picture Taken On: 2010-07-01 16:00:02

Picture Notes: The blue strip on top of the sponge is an unidentified sponge of the family Chalinidae (Haplosclerida). The dark brown lobes on top are the colonial tunicate Eudistoma hepaticum.

Color: brown

Morphology: massive

Consistency: tough