#clionaidae

[spongerard]

Gerard wearing big bird’s corpse as cliona celata/ boring sponge

(I picked this one because i accidentally read cliona as clit)

yayyy awesome clit moment. descriptions under cut!

[image descriptions: first, gerard way on stage in 2007 or 2008, wearing a big boa of yellow feathers. second, Cliona celata, a vibrant yellow sponge, encrusted onto substrate. many oscula of varying sizes are visible. end of descriptions]

[oceansoftheworld]

Photo by Eliot Rotford | Info

Cliona delitrix is a species of burrowing demosponge belonging to the family Clionaidae. It is found in shallow water in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It usually grows on a massive coral, not only covering its surface but also burrowing into its interior, though is sometimes found on other calcareous substrate such as a shell or a limestone rock. It can grow to a diameter of up to a meter (1 yard) and has several large openings called osculi, 10-30 mm (0.4 to 1.2 in) wide, surrounded by projecting rims and many small raised papillae 2-5 mm (0.1 to 0.2 in) wide. The color is usually red or dark orange.

Demosponges (Class Demospongiae) are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera. They include 76.2% of all species of sponges with nearly 8,800 species worldwide. They have a soft body that covers a hard, often massive skeleton made of calcium carbonate.

[animalids]

Boring sponge (Cliona celata)

Photo by Natasha Hurley-Walker

[scientificillustration]

Form of different specimens. Part I. by swee-cheng on Flickr.

Neptune's cup sponge (Cliona patera) it was thought to be extinct due to over collection but it has recently been rediscovered: 'Amazing Neptune’s Cup Sponge Rediscovered in Singapore'