Dactylia elegans

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Dactylia elegans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Callyspongiidae
Genus: Dactylia
Species:
D. elegans
Binomial name
Dactylia elegans
(Lendenfeld, 1888) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chalinopsilla elegansLendenfeld, 1888

Dactylia elegans is a species of demosponges in the family Callyspongiidae. It is found in Western Australia. [2]

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References

  1. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. Lendenfeld, R. Von 1888. (Taylor & Francis: London): i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dactylia elegans (Lendenfeld, 1888)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-11-05.