Need help with an ID

[Trinigordo]

Hey all, recently shot these two pictures in WPB but I do not know what either is. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[alcina]

Sponges

 

[maractwin]

The second picture is a vase sponge. Possibly Callyspongia plicifera (from page 25 of Reef Creature Identification by Humann/Deloach).

-Mark

 

[Walter]

The second one is an Azure Vase Sponge.

 

[Trinigordo]

Thanks a lot guys, any ideas on the first one?

 

[Walter]

Looks like chocolate chip to me.

 

[Rick Murchison]

Well, it's a vase sponge of some sort as well, but beyond that I wouldn't hazard a guess. Many sponges require microscopic analysis to determine species even if you're an "expert" - which I ain't
Rick

 

[Epinephelus]

If it's featured in Humann's Caribbean Reef Creature book, I think it's the Branching Vase Sponge. But I wouldn't put any money on it.
E

 

[Tom Smedley]

With the irregular lip and the speckled coloration my guess would be a Brown Branching Tube Sponge.