Geodia ataxastra

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Geodia ataxastra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tetractinellida
Family: Geodiidae
Genus: Geodia
Species:
G. ataxastra
Binomial name
Geodia ataxastra
Lendenfeld, 1910

Geodia ataxastra is a species of sponge in the family Geodiidae. It is found in the waters of the Pacific Ocean near the coasts of Panama and Colombia. The species was first described by Robert J. Lendlmayer von Lendenfeld in 1910. [1]

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