Caulospongia

Caulospongia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Hadromerida
Family: Suberitidae
Genus: Caulospongia
Kent 1871[1]
Species
  • Caulospongia amplexa Fromont, 1998
  • Caulospongia biflabellata Fromont, 1998
  • Caulospongia elegans (Lendenfeld 1888)
  • Caulospongia pennatula (Lamarck 1814)
  • Caulospongia perfoliata (Lamarck 1814)
  • Caulospongia plicata Kent, 1871
  • Caulospongia reticulata Fromont, 1998
  • Caulospongia venosa Fromont, 1998

Caulospongia is a genus of demosponges belonging to the family Suberitidae.

The Western staircase sponge (Caulospongia biflabellata) is a marine sponge of the temperate waters of Australia (Northwest Cape to Albany, WA).[2]

References

  1. ↑ On some new and little known species of Madreporaria, or stony corals, in the British Museum collection. W Saville Kent Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2, 275-286, 1871.
  2. ↑ Edgar, Graham J. (2008). Australian Marine Life: The plants and animals of temperate waters (Second ed.). Sydney: New Holland. ISBN 9781921517174


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