Aplysilla polyraphis: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Dendroceratida
Family
Darwinellidae
Genus
Aplysilla
Species
Aplysilla polyraphis
Scientific Name
Aplysilla polyraphis

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Aplysilla polyraphis

Aplysilla polyraphis is een sponssoort in de taxonomische indeling van de gewone sponzen (Demospongiae). Het lichaam van de spons bestaat uit kiezelnaalden en sponginevezels, en is in staat om veel water op te nemen.

De spons behoort tot het geslacht Aplysilla en behoort tot de familie Darwinellidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1930 door de Laubenfels.

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