| Red encrusting sponge | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Poecilosclerida |
| Family: | Microcionidae |
| Genus: | Clathria |
| Subgenus: | Isociella |
| Species: | C. oudekraalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Clathria oudekraalensis Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 | |
| Synonyms | |
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The red encrusting sponge (Clathria oudekraalensis) is a species of sea sponge. [1] It is known only from the South African coast, on both sides of the Cape Peninsula. It is endemic to this region. [1]
The red encrusting sponge grows to about 1 cm in thickness and up to 30 cm wide. It is a bright red encrusting sponge. Its surface is smooth and the oscula are not visible. [1] [2]
This sponge lives on rocky reefs in 6-24m of water. [2]
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The knobbly nudibranch, Aegires ninguis, is a species of dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aegiridae.
The grey wall sponge is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Ancorinidae. It is found around the coast of South Africa from the Northern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal. It is endemic.
The orange wall sponge is a species of sea sponge belonging to the order Trachycladida. It is found in the south Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. Around the South African coast, it is known from the Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas.
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The brain sponge is a species of marine demosponge in the family Isodictyidae. This sponge is known from the west coast of South Africa to Port Elizabeth. It is endemic to this region.
The flat leaf sponge is a species of marine demosponge in the family Isodictyidae. This sponge is known from the west coast of South Africa to False Bay. It is endemic to this region.
The yellow encrusting sponge is a species of sea sponge in the family Biemnidae. This sponge is known from the west coast of South Africa to Port Elizabeth. It is endemic to this region.
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Haliclona stilensis, the encrusting turret sponge, is a species of demosponge. It is known around the southern African coast, from Namibia to the South African south coast.
The black stink sponge, is a species of sea sponge in the family Irciniidae. This sponge is known around the Australian coast and around South Africa from the Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas.
The multicoloured sea fan is a species of gorgonian sea fan in the family Melithaeidae.
Verconia protea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
The purple soft coral is a species of colonial soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae.
The variable soft coral is a species of colonial soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae.
The gorgonian twig coral is a species of gorgonian sea fan in the family Anthothelidae.
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