Other Caribbean Sponges
A variety of
sponges that have been found in the USVI.
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/unidentified-sponge_8827.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/unidentified-sponge_8827a..jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/unidentified-sponge_8827b.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/gray-porous-sponge_8818.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/gray-porous-sponge_8818a.jpg)
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![Niphates erecta](picture_library/creatures/sponges/erect-other-sponge_2560.jpg)
Niphates erecta
![Niphates erecta](picture_library/creatures/sponges/erect-other-sponge_2560a.jpg)
![Niphates erecta](picture_library/creatures/sponges/erect-other-sponge_2560b.jpg)
![Red Star Encrusting Sponge - Halisarca sp.](picture_library/creatures/sponges/red-encrusting-sponge_3512.jpg)
Halisarca sp.
![Red Star Encrusting Sponge - Halisarca sp.](picture_library/creatures/sponges/red-encrusting-sponge_3512A.jpg)
Halisarca sp.
![White Star Encrusting Sponge - Halisarca sp.(?)](picture_library/creatures/sponges/white-encrusting-sponge_7466.jpg)
![Purple Encrusting Sponge - Halisarca sp.](picture_library/creatures/sponges/purple-star-encrusting-sponge_9592.jpg)
Halisarca sp.
![Purple Encrusting Sponge - Halisarca sp.](picture_library/creatures/sponges/purple-star-encrusting-sponge_9592b.jpg)
Halisarca sp.
![Purple Encrusting Sponge - Halisarca sp.](picture_library/creatures/sponges/purple-star-encrusting-sponge_9592a.jpg)
![Clathria (Thalysias) venosa(?)](picture_library/creatures/sponges/white-encrusting-sponge_6229.jpg)
Clathria (Thalysias) venosa(?)
![Clathria (Thalysias) venosa(?)](picture_library/creatures/sponges/white-encrusting-sponge_6234.jpg)
![Clathria (Thalysias) venosa(?)](picture_library/creatures/sponges/white-encrusting-sponge_6234a.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/cream-porous-sponge_9019.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/cream-porous-sponge_9019a.jpg)
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![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/cake-sponge_6591.jpg)
![Sponge - Spheciospongia vesparium (?)](picture_library/creatures/sponges/unknown-sponge_3238.jpg)
Spheciospongia vesparium (?)
![Scattered Pore Sponges](picture_library/creatures/sponges/scattered-pore-sponge_2631.jpg)
![Scattered Pore Sponges](picture_library/creatures/sponges/scattered-pore-sponge_2900a.jpg)
![Scattered Pore Sponges](picture_library/creatures/sponges/scattered-pore-sponge_2900.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/mangrove-tubeA_4119.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/mangrove-tubeB_4119.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/mangrove-tubeC_4119.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/green-knitC_3562.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/green-knitB_3562.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/green-knitA_3562.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/black-bulbousC_1806.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/black-bulbousB_1806.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/black-bulbousA_1806.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/unidentified-sponge_1723.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/unidentified-sponge_1723a.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/unidentified-sponge_1723b.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/encrusting-pale%20green_7340.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/white-nest_1012.jpg)
![](picture_library/creatures/sponges/white-nestB_1012.jpg)
A variety of
sponges that have been found in the USVI.