Callyspongia siphonella: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Haplosclerida
- Family
- Callyspongiidae
- Genus
- Callyspongia
- Species
- Callyspongia siphonella
- Scientific Name
- Callyspongia siphonella
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Callyspongia siphonella
Callyspongia siphonella, commonly known as colonial tube-sponge, is a species of sea sponge endemic to the Red Sea. Clusters of its pale lavender to pink long tubes reach up to 60 centimetres (24 in) in size. Callyspongia siphonella contains a bioactive compound, Sipholenol A., that has been studied for its anti-proliferative properties in human breast cancer; these properties provide promise in its potential for developing future compounds and thus contributes greatly to future cancer research.
...Callyspongia siphonella in languages:
- Czech
- houba dýmkovitá
- English
- Colonial Tube Sponge
- French
- Éponge tubulaire lavande
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Callyspongia acapulcaensis
- Callyspongia aculeata
- Callyspongia aerizusa
- Callyspongia annulata
- Callyspongia armigera
- Callyspongia azurea
- Callyspongia bilamellata
- Callyspongia californica
- Callyspongia communis
- Callyspongia confoederata
- Callyspongia conica
- Callyspongia coppingeri
- Callyspongia crassa
- Callyspongia diffusa
- Callyspongia fadwae
- Callyspongia fallax
- Callyspongia hispidoconulosa
- Callyspongia hospitalis
- Callyspongia latituba
- Callyspongia manus
- Callyspongia nuda
- Callyspongia plicifera
- Callyspongia roosevelti
- Callyspongia samarensis
- Callyspongia schulzei
- Callyspongia siphonella
- Callyspongia stellata
- Callyspongia subarmigera
- Callyspongia tenerrima
- Callyspongia truncata
- Callyspongia tubulosa














