Tethya aurantium - Golf ball sponge

Tethya aurantium  (Pallas, 1766)

Golf ball sponge

Selce - house reef, Croatia, 30-8-2017. Specimen A.

Selce - house reef, Croatia, 30-8-2017. Specimen A with Cladocora caespitosa  (Pillow coral - Polkoraal).

Cladocora caespitosa - Pillow coral - Polkoraal

Cladocora caespitosa  (Linnaeus, 1767)

Pillow coral - Polkoraal

Strada Costiera, Trieste, Italy, 14-9-2022. Specimen A.

Strada Costiera, Trieste, Italy, 14-9-2022. Specimen A.

Selce - house reef, Croatia, 14-9-2016. Specimen B.

Selce - house reef, Croatia, 14-9-2016. Specimen B.

Selce - house reef, Croatia, 14-9-2016. Specimen B.

Selce - house reef, Croatia, 13-9-2016. 

Calella reefs, Los Ullastres, Costa Brava, Spain, 3-6-2015. Specimen C.

Calella reefs, Los Ullastres, Costa Brava, Spain, 3-6-2015. Specimen C.

Calella reefs, Los Ullastres, Costa Brava, Spain, 3-6-2015. Specimen C.

Selce - house reef, Croatia, 30-8-2017. 

Selce - house reef, Croatia, 30-8-2017.

Selce - house reef, Croatia, 30-8-2017.

Selce - house reef, Croatia, 29-8-2017. 

Strada Costiera, Trieste, Italy, 5-9-2023.