Echinoclathria

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Echinoclathria
Orange tree sponge with crab at dreadlocks Reef P1308277.JPG
Orange tree sponge ( Echinoclathria dichotoma ) with crab at Dreadlocks Reef, near Cape Town. The white polyps on the left are Parazoanthus , which is often found growing on sponges. The sponge crab is probably Pseudodromia latens under the cover of a colonial ascidian which it carries for protection.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Microcionidae
Subfamily: Ophlitaspongiinae
Genus: Echinoclathria
Carter, 1885

Echinoclathria is a genus of demosponge in the family Microcionidae. [1]

Species

Species in the genus include: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Echinoclathria Carter, 1885". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 17 November 2010.


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