| Common Name | Smooth tube sponge |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | United States (contiguous states) |
| Locality | South Florida. |
| Ref. | Messing, C.., 2010 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st Modifier | morphology |
| 2nd Modifier | morphology |
| Remarks | 'sponge', from Old English 'sponge' from Latin 'spongia', i.e., 'sea animal from which a sponge comes'; 'tube', from Middle French 'tube from Latin 'tubus', i.e., 'tube'; 'smooth', from Old English 'smoð', i.e., 'free from roughness'. |