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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Dictyoceratida |
Family: | Irciniidae |
Genus: | Ircinia |
Species: | I. arbuscula
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Binomial name | |
Ircinia arbuscula (Hyatt, 1877)
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The black stink sponge (Ircinia arbuscula), is a species of sea sponge in the family Irciniidae. [1] This sponge is known around the Australian coast and around South Africa from the Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas. [2]
The black stink sponge grows in crusts of 1–2 cm thick and 10–20 cm across. It is a black encrusting sponge which forms a mat on rocks. Its surface is textured, and the sponge is firm and slippery to touch. Its oscula are inconspicuous. When collected, the smell is distinctive. [2] [3]
This sponge lives on rocky reefs subtidally down to 180m.
black stink sponge | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Dictyoceratida |
Family: | Irciniidae |
Genus: | Ircinia |
Species: | I. arbuscula
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Binomial name | |
Ircinia arbuscula (Hyatt, 1877)
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Synonyms | |
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The black stink sponge (Ircinia arbuscula), is a species of sea sponge in the family Irciniidae. [1] This sponge is known around the Australian coast and around South Africa from the Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas. [2]
The black stink sponge grows in crusts of 1–2 cm thick and 10–20 cm across. It is a black encrusting sponge which forms a mat on rocks. Its surface is textured, and the sponge is firm and slippery to touch. Its oscula are inconspicuous. When collected, the smell is distinctive. [2] [3]
This sponge lives on rocky reefs subtidally down to 180m.