Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Close-up of rock covered with encrusting sponge (Spirastrella cunctatrix) and (Phorbas tenacior) Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Franco Banfi / Mediterranean slipper lobster (Scyllarides latus) on rock covered with encrustating red sponge (Spirastrella cunctatrix) Stupiste In dive site, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

Franco Banfi / Rock covered with encrusting Red sponge (Spirastrella cunctatrix) and cave with scuba diver, Ponza Island, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean

Solvin Zankl / Yellow cluster anemone (Parazoanthus axinellae) surrounded by Encrusting sponge (Spirastrella cunctatrix) San Pietro Island, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean, July

Solvin Zankl / Sponges: top (Phorbas Tenacior); middle Stony sponge (Petrosia ficiformis); Bottom (Spirastrella cunctatrix) San Pietro Island, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Rock covered with Encrusting sponge (Spirastrella cunctatrix) and Sea urchin (Arbacia lixula) and Green ball (Codium bursa) Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Juergen Freund / Sponge (Spirastrella cunctatrix) Mediterranean Sea

Alex Mustard / Sponge spider crab / Decorator crab (Inachus sp) on Sea vases (Ciona intstinalis). Kinlochbervie, Sutherland, The Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom. Loch Inchard, The Minch, North East Atlantic Ocea...

Alex Mustard / Sponge spider crab / Decorator crab (Inachus sp) clambers over Sea vases (Ciona intstinalis). Kinlochbervie, Sutherland, The Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom. Loch Inchard, The Minch, North East At...