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Geodia arabica

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Geodia arabica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tetractinellida
Family: Geodiidae
Genus: Geodia
Species:
G. arabica
Binomial name
Geodia arabica
Carter, 1869
Synonyms
  • Cydonium arabicum Carter, 1869

Geodia arabica is a species of sponge in the family Geodiidae. It is found in the waters of the Arabian Sea and of the Red Sea. The species was first described by Henry John Carter in 1869.[1]

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  • Carter, H.J. (1869). A descriptive account of four subspherous sponges, Arabian and British, with general observations. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 4: 1-28, pls I-II.