Red boring sponge | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Clionaida |
Family: | Clionaidae |
Genus: | Pione |
Species: | P. vastifica
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Binomial name | |
Pione vastifica Hancock, 1849
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Pione vastifica, commonly known as red boring sponge, is a species of sponge found from the Red Sea to western Pacific Ocean. It can grow up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) in size and bore 5 centimetres (2.0 in) into coralline substrate. [1] [2] [3]
Red boring sponge | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Clionaida |
Family: | Clionaidae |
Genus: | Pione |
Species: | P. vastifica
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Binomial name | |
Pione vastifica Hancock, 1849
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Synonyms | |
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Pione vastifica, commonly known as red boring sponge, is a species of sponge found from the Red Sea to western Pacific Ocean. It can grow up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) in size and bore 5 centimetres (2.0 in) into coralline substrate. [1] [2] [3]