California boring horny sponge

Cliona californiana

Classification

Class: Demospongiae
Order: Clionaida
Family: Clionaidae

Cliona californiana, the yellow boring sponge, boring sponge or sulphur sponge, is a species of demosponge belonging to the family Clionaidae. It is native to the north-eastern Pacific Ocean and burrows into the shell valves of bivalve molluscs. Description The yellow boring sponge inhabits living bivalve molluscs, boring into the shell valves.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 255Canada · 74Mexico · 41

Sources and credits

Photo(c) als93, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionCliona californiana, Wikipedia contributors

California boring horny sponge

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