[Coral-List] Inquiry on sponges washed along St-Martin's shorelines after hurricane

[Amandine Vaslet]

Dear all,



Since hurricane Irma, there is many marine sponges that have been washed
along the shorelines of Saint-Martin island.

These sponges can be quite big (around 20-25 cm diameter), the consistency
is quite hard but crumbly (not soft at all), the sponge is all white and
its overall morphology is kind of spherical / oval.


Here is some pictures.

https://we.tl/S9gRudd3xI



Does anyone know which species is it ?



Thanks by advance for the information,



Best regards,

Amandine Vaslet