PORIFERA 37 



(Libinia). At certain times this sponge is said to 

 be poisonous. 



Found from New England to the Carolinas. 



Suberites compacta Verrill 



An irregular elongate sponge, bright yellow in 

 color, occasionally found attached to shells or 

 stranded on the beach. Known from Maine to 

 Virginia but rare in New Jersey. 



