Biology:Brain sponge
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Short description: Species of sponge
| Brain sponge | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Porifera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Demospongiae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Poecilosclerida |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Isodictyidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Isodictya |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">I. elastica |
| Binomial name | |
| Isodictya elastica (Vosmaer, 1880)
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The brain sponge (Isodictya elastica) is a species of marine demosponge in the family Isodictyidae.[1] This sponge is known from the west coast of South Africa to Port Elizabeth. It is endemic to this region.[2]
Description
The brain sponge may grow to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) across. It has a smooth surface, covered with many scattered oscula. It may be beige to pink in colour and grows in two forms: one massive and convoluted, rather like a brain, and the other with narrowing fingers. Its texture is soft and compressible.[2][3]
Habitat
This sponge lives on rocky reefs subtidally to 25 metres (82 ft).
References
- ↑ "Isodictya elastica (Vosmaer, 1880)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168455.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Samaai, Toufiek; Gibbons, Mark J. (November 2005). "Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa". Afr. Nat. Hist. 1 (1): 1–96. https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/EJC17340.
- ↑ Jones, Georgina (2008). A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsula. Cape Town: SURG. ISBN 978-0-620-41639-9.
Wikidata ☰ Q2017396 entry
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