Biology:Acanthopolymastia bathamae

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Short description: Species of sponge

Acanthopolymastia bathamae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Polymastiida
Family: Polymastiidae
Genus: Acanthopolymastia
Species:
A. bathamae
Binomial name
Acanthopolymastia bathamae
Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997

Acanthopolymastia bathamae is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is only known from the Papanui Submarine Canyon off Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand.

This is a small, cream-coloured hemispherical sponge up to 8 mm in diameter. Its texture is soft and velvety with a single central papilla up to 7 mm in height.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2695844 entry