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. 2013 Mar 4;3(4):872–886. doi: 10.1002/ece3.452

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Relative species abundance of some boring sponges in the different substrata. (A) Cliona vermifera, a species that does not show any preference for the substrata. (B) Thoosa mismalolli and T. calpulli, two species of the same genera with different substrata affinity. (C) Group of species that prefer to live in dead coral. (D) Group of species that prefers live in living coral (ALC: Attached Live Corals, DLC: Detached Live Coral, CRF: Coral Reef Framework, CR: Coral rubbles). Please note the different scale in the case of C. vermifera.