Yellow encrusting sponge

yellow encrusting sponge
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Suborder: Mycalina
Family: Desmacellidae
Genus: Biemna
Species: B. anisotoxa
Binomial name
Biemna anisotoxa
Lévi, 1963

The yellow encrusting sponge, Biemna anisotoxa, is a species of marine demosponge in the family Desmacellidae.[1] This sponge is known from the west coast of South Africa to Port Elizabeth. It is endemic to this region.[2]

Description

The yellow encrusting sponge is beige-yellow and grows in crusts of up to 1 cm thick. It has small but distinct oscula which may be slightly raised from the surface of the sponge.[2]

Habitat

This sponge lives on rocky reefs and other hard surfaces from 10-12m.[3]

References

  1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168250 accessed 25 November 2010
  2. 1 2 Samaai, T. and Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. Afr. Nat. Hist. 1(1):1-96
  3. Jones, Georgina. A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsula. SURG, Cape Town, 2008. ISBN 978-0-620-41639-9


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