Pione vastifica

Red boring sponge
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Clionaida
Family:	Clionaidae
Genus:	Pione
Species:	P. vastifica
Binomial name
Pione vastifica Hancock, 1849
Synonyms
List Archaeocliona pontica Czerniavsky, 1878 Cliona pontica Czerniavsky, 1880 Cliona canadensis Hancock, 1849 Cliona corallinoides Hancock, 1849 Cliona gracilis Hancock, 1849 Cliona northumbrica Hancock, 1849 Cliona pontica Czerniavsky, 1878 Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849 Pione canadensis (Hancock, 1849) Pione corallinoides (Hancock, 1849) Vioa grantii Schmidt, 1862 Vioa incarnata Uljanin, 1872 Vioa vastifica (Hancock, 1849)

Pione vastifica, commonly known as red boring sponge, is a species of sponge found from the Red Sea to western Pacific Ocean. It can grow up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) in size and bore 5 centimetres (2.0 in) into coralline substrate. ^{[1] [2] [3]}