Acanthella dendyi
Appearance
Acanthella dendyi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Bubarida |
Family: | Dictyonellidae |
Genus: | Acanthella |
Species: | A. dendyi
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Binomial name | |
Acanthella dendyi | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Phakellia dendyi Bergquist, 1970 |
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Holotype sites[2]
Acanthella dendyi is a marine sessile filter-feeder[2] sponge in the family Dictyonellidae, first described by Patricia Bergquist in 1970 as Phakellia dendyi[1][3]
Distribution[edit]
In Australian waters it is found from Victorian coastal water, all the way up the east coast to Queensland and then all the way across the northern coasts to the north-west coast of Western Australia, at depths from 8–180 m.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acanthella dendyi (Bergquist, 1970)". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
- ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Phakellia dendyi Bergquist, 1970". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ^ Bergquist, P.R. (1970). "The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 2 (Axinellida and Halichondrida). (Mem. N.Z. Oceanogr. Inst. 51)" (PDF). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 197: 17.
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