Myxilla ponceti

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Myxilla ponceti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Myxillidae
Genus: Myxilla
Species:
M. ponceti
Binomial name
Myxilla ponceti
Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012

Myxilla ponceti is a species of demosponge 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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