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crater sponge

Dysidea arenaria

Classification

Dysidea arenaria is a species of marine sponge (poriferan) found in the Pacific Ocean. It is a member of the order Dictyoceratida, one of two sponge orders that make up the keratose or "horny" sponges in which a mineral skeleton is absent and a skeleton of organic fibers is present instead. Description A single specimen of this species was collected in Palau and described as the holotype specimen in 1965.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 22France · 2