Azure vase sponge (Callyspongia plicifera), and sunburst, St. Lucia, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Reef scene with fan coral and vase sponge, St. Lucia, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Reef with azure vase sponge and pennant bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus), Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Humphead bannerfish (Heniochus varius) in a giant vase sponge, Komodo, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Reef scene with fan coral and vase sponge, St. Lucia, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Reef scene with vase sponge and school of fish, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Azure vase sponge and big nose butterflyfish (Forcipiger flavissimus), Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

A young graysby (Cephalopholis cruentata) in an azure vase sponge, Little Cayman Island.

Glassy sweeper on pink vase sponge. Cayman Islands

Vase sponges attached to the external structure of the Fujikawa Maru, Truk lagoon, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Pacific

Cup and tools on pottery wheel

Close-up of Branching Vase Sponge (Callyspongia vaginalis) underwater, Belize

Close-up of Strawberry Vase Sponge underwater, Cayman Islands, West Indies

Close-up of Azure Vase Sponge (Callyspongia plicifera) underwater, Cayman Islands, West Indies

Close-up of a Branching Vase Sponge (Callyspongia Vaginalis) underwater, Saba, West Indies