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lemon sponge

Leucetta chagosensis

Classification

Leucetta chagosensis, also called the lemon sponge, is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Leucettidae, and was first described in 1913 by Arthur Dendy. The species epithet, chagosensis, comes from the Latin with the ending -ensis indicating that the species comes from the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The taxonomic decision for synonymy is based on Maurice Burton (1963).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 78United States of America · 1