Yellow Sponge/Macroalgae need ID

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Hi all reefers, anyone able to identify this macroalgae/sponge? Its found at shallow water beach attach to rock, yellow colour in white light

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Looks like a macro algae called Arian gostar
 

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Hi all reefers, anyone able to identify this macroalgae/sponge? Its found at shallow water beach attach to rock, yellow colour in white light

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The yellow organism in the foreground definitely looks like a sponge, maybe some yellow Dysidea species. Has it been removed from water during collection?

The brown organism in the background is the calcified brown macroalgae, Padina, also known as Scroll algae.
https://www.reefcleaners.org/store/out-of-season/scroll-algae-detail
https://www.marineplantbook.com/marinebookpadina.htm
 

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At first I thought eucheuma spinosum but more like Yellow Calcite Sponge (member of clathrina species)
 

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