Netted Barrel Sponge

Verongula gigantea

Inverted cones with relatively thin walls, greenish to purplish in the outside, bright yellow inside, turning purple in air. Skeleton is a pithed spongin fiber network forming the walls of a honeycomb, which show on the surface.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionPorifera
ClassDemospongiae
OrderVerongida
FamilyAplysinidae
GenusVerongula
SpeciesVerongula gigantea