| black stink sponge | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Dictyoceratida |
| Family: | Irciniidae |
| Genus: | Ircinia |
| Species: | I. arbuscula |
| Binomial name | |
| Ircinia arbuscula (Hyatt, 1877) | |
| 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.
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