orange fibrous horny sponge

Myxilla fimbriata

Classification

Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Myxillidae

The list of sponges of South Africa is a list of species that form a part of the poriferan (Phylum Porifera) fauna of South Africa. Taxonomy follows WoRMS. The list follows the SANBI listing on iNaturalist, and does not always agree with WoRMS for distribution.

Distribution

orange fibrous horny sponge — (c) Bernard Picton, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Bernard Picton · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 6

Sources and credits

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