Callyspongia plicifera

Azure vase sponge
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Haplosclerida
Family:	Callyspongiidae
Genus:	Callyspongia
Subgenus:	Cladochalina
Species:	C. plicifera
Binomial name
Callyspongia plicifera (Lamarck, 1814))
Synonyms
List Callyspongia (Cladochalina) plicifera (Lamarck, 1814) Callyspongia (Spinosella) plicifera (Lamarck, 1814) Patuloscula plicifera (Lamarck, 1814) Spinosella plicifera (Lamarck, 1814) Spongia plicifera Lamarck, 1814 Spongia scrobiculata Lamarck, 1814 Tuba plicifera (Lamarck, 1814) Tuba scobiculata (Lamarck, 1814)

Callyspongia plicifera, the azure vase sponge, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Callyspongiidae. It is native to the Bahamas where it is found at a depth of 31.5-44.2 m. It was first described in 1814 by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.^[1]