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In the hope of helping out here's a gallery of the sponges we were fairly sure of... surprisingly few I thought once we'd gathered them together. Mostly repeats from the main gallery

Axinella dissimilis - Yellow staghorn sponge	Cliona celata - Boring sponge	Hemimycale columella - Crater sponge	Axinella dissimilils again	Pachymatisma johnstonia - Elephant hide sponge
Axinella dissimililis - a very small fan shaped example	Scypha ciliata - Purse sponge	Yet another fan form Axinella dissimilis - just starting...	Ciocalypta pencillus - Tapered chimney sponge	Axinella damicornis - Brain sponge
Dysidia fragilis - Goose bump sponge, in its rare lilac...	I'm afraid it's more Axinella dissimililis	Another Yellow staghorn.... looks like they often start...	White lace sponge - Clathrina coriacea - amongst a sea of...	Hemimycale columella - Crater sponge
A small area of Crater sponge	More boring sponge	This little sponge may be Aplysilla sulfurea	Dercitus bucklandi - Black tar sponge	Dercitus bucklandi - Black tar sponge
We were sure this (the yellow patch) was a sponge but...	perhaps the same again - Myxilla incrustans - the yellow...

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