Yellow-green Encrusting Sponge (Halichondria panicea)
Yellow-green encrusting sponge (photo credit: Michelle Schwegmann)
Other Names: Bread crumb sponge
Description: Monterey sea lemon dorids eat bread-crumb sponge
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Yellow-green encrusting sponge has a very strong and distinctive smell that some people have compared to the smell of exploded gunpowder. This smell comes from a substance in the sponge that is meant to deter predators from eating it.
References: Central Coast Biodiversity pages on purple encrusting sponge and yellow-green encrusting sponge