Clathria matthewsi

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Clathria matthewsi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Microcionidae
Genus: Clathria
Subgenus:
Clathria (Microciona)
Species:
C. (Microciona) matthewsi
Binomial name
Clathria (Microciona) matthewsi
Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012

Clathria matthewsi is a species of sea sponge first found on the coast of South Georgia island, in the south west Southern Ocean. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Goodwin, Claire, Paul E. Brewin, and Paul Brickle. "Sponge biodiversity of South Georgia island with descriptions of fifteen new species." Zootaxa 3542 (2012): 1-48.

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