Yellow encrusting sponge | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Biemnida |
Family: | Biemnidae |
Genus: | Biemna |
Species: | B. anisotoxa
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Binomial name | |
Biemna anisotoxa Lévi, 1963
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The yellow encrusting sponge (Biemna anisotoxa) is a species of sea sponge in the family Biemnidae. [1] This sponge is known from the west coast of South Africa to Port Elizabeth. It is endemic to this region. [2]
The yellow encrusting sponge is beige-yellow and grows in crusts of up to 1 cm thick. It has small but distinct oscula which may be slightly raised from the surface of the sponge. [2]
This sponge lives on rocky reefs and other hard surfaces from 10-12m. [3]
Yellow encrusting sponge | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Biemnida |
Family: | Biemnidae |
Genus: | Biemna |
Species: | B. anisotoxa
|
Binomial name | |
Biemna anisotoxa Lévi, 1963
|
The yellow encrusting sponge (Biemna anisotoxa) is a species of sea sponge in the family Biemnidae. [1] This sponge is known from the west coast of South Africa to Port Elizabeth. It is endemic to this region. [2]
The yellow encrusting sponge is beige-yellow and grows in crusts of up to 1 cm thick. It has small but distinct oscula which may be slightly raised from the surface of the sponge. [2]
This sponge lives on rocky reefs and other hard surfaces from 10-12m. [3]