Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Dark Volcano Sponge
Dark Volcano Sponge
Scientific Name: Svenzea zeai
Class: Demospongiae
Family: Scopalinidae
Category: Common Sponges
Size: 1 to 3 ft. (30 to 90 cm)  
Depth: 2-60 ft. (1-18 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Florida
Note: Formerly considered (erroneously) Calyx podatypa, which is a valid, different species.

Sponges
Common Sponges

Dark Volcano Sponge

Red-Orange Encrusting Sponge

Pink and Red Encrusting Sponge

High-Veined Encrusting Sponge

Orange Ball Sponge

Smenospongia conulosa

Viscous Sponge

Citron Sponge

Orange Elephant Ear Sponge

Tubulate Sponge

Brown Clustered Tube Sponge

Branching Tube Sponge

Row Pore Rope Sponge

Yellow Tube Sponge

Scattered Pore Rope Sponge

Branchlet Sponge

Pitted Sponge

Walper's Branching Sponge

Touch-Me-Not Sponge

Callyspongia fallax

Azure Vase Sponge

Branching Vase Sponge

Red Boring Sponge

Brown Variable Sponge

Loggerhead Sponge

Red Encrusting Sponge

Pink Lumpy Sponge

Lumpy Overgrowing Sponge

Leathery Barrel Sponge

Star Encrusting Sponge

Green Finger Sponge

Bell Sponge

Stinker Sponge

Black-Ball Sponge

Orange-Veined Encrusting Sponge

Peach Encrusting Sponge

Orange Icing Sponge

Strawberry Vase Sponge

Erect Rope Sponge

Brown Bowl Sponge

Pink Vase Sponge

Lavender Rope Spounge

Giant Barrel Sponge

Brown Encrusting Octopus Sponge

Orange Lumpy Encrusting Sponge



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