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Another ID needed please....from Manado, N Sulawesi(Indonesia)----what's the white sponge with the orange opening(left of the lobster) called??...Does it have a specific name???.....tia....Joe...
 

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You mean this?
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Not a sponge. It's a tunicate, a "sea squirt" or ascidian.
Probably a Polycarpa aurata, a.k.a. the Golden Sea Squirt, or Gold-Mouth Sea Squirt.
 
Thanks so much for the ID(no wonder I couldn't find anything under sponges---:))
 
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