Toxic finger-sponge - Negombata magnifica

''Negombata magnifica'', commonly known as toxic finger-sponge, is a species of sponge found from the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Its reddish-brown narrow crooked branches can grow up to 70 centimetres . ''Negombata magnifica'' is extremely toxic because of the toxin latrunculin.

''Negombata magnifica'' lives on shallow coral reefs in the northern waters of the Red Sea . Unlike many other species of sponges that live in abundance in these waters, preferring to grow between corals and.. more