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Cliona celata (Boring sponge)
Copyright ©
2005 Mary Jo Adams
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Watch
for the small (1/8 th inch) yellow spots of boring sponge on rock
scallops, moon snails, large barnacles, and other organisms with
calcareous shells. Much of the boring sponge is actually
beneath the surface burrowing a honeycomb into the host shell.
This species is found from the low intertidal to depths in excess
of 300 feet. Another common name for it is sulfur sponge.
This page was created by Mary Jo Adams on 12/6/05.
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