cobalt blue horny sponge

Acanthancora cyanocrypta

Classification

Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Hymedesmiidae

Phyllidiopsis blanca is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae. Distribution This species was described from San Nicolas Island, San Francisco, United States with additional specimens from Isla San Benitos, Baja California, Mexico. It is a rare species which has also been recorded from Palos Verdes and San Pedro.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 86

Sources and credits

Photo(c) J.R.Frey, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPhyllidiopsis blanca, Wikipedia contributors

cobalt blue horny sponge

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