leather sponge

Scalarispongia scalaris

Classification

Class: Demospongiae
Order: Dictyoceratida
Family: Thorectidae

Spongia zimocca, the leather sponge, is an endangered species of sponge found in coastal regions of the Mediterranean Sea.

Distribution

leather sponge — (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Julien Renoult · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 405Spain · 19Italy · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Julien Renoult · CC-BY DescriptionSpongia zimocca, Wikipedia contributors

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