Red encrusting sponge
Appearance
Red encrusting sponge | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Poecilosclerida |
Family: | Microcionidae |
Genus: | Clathria |
Subgenus: | Isociella |
Species: | C. oudekraalensis
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Binomial name | |
Clathria oudekraalensis Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
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The red encrusting sponge (Clathria oudekraalensis) is a species of sea sponge.[1] It is known only from the South African coast, on both sides of the Cape Peninsula. It is endemic to this region.[1]
Description
[edit]The red encrusting sponge grows to about 1 cm in thickness and up to 30 cm wide. It is a bright red encrusting sponge. Its surface is smooth and the oscula are not visible.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]This sponge lives on rocky reefs in 6-24m of water.[2]
References
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