Ancorina: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Tetractinellida
- Family
- Ancorinidae
- Genus
- Ancorina
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Ancorina
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ancorina
Ancorina is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Ancorinidae. It is the type genus of its family.
This genus is characterized by a high density of siliceous spicules. Members of this genus are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.
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