Orange wall sponge
orange wall sponge | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Hadromerida |
Family: | Trachycladidae |
Genus: | Trachycladus |
Species: | T. spinispirulifer |
Binomial name | |
Trachycladus spinispirulifer (Carter, 1879) | |
The orange wall sponge, Trachycladus spinispirulifer, is a species of demosponge belonging to the order Hadromerida.[1] It is found in the south Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. Around the South African coast, it is known from the Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas.[2]
Description
The orange wall sponge may grow to 20 cm thick and up to 2m in length. It is a very large firm orange-skinned sponge with a yellow interior. It grows as a wall and does not show obvious oscula.[1]
Habitat
This sponge lives on rocky reefs in 5-350m of water.[2]
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