Biology:Hymedesmia armigera
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Short description: Species of sponge
| Hymedesmia armigera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Poecilosclerida |
| Family: | Hymedesmiidae |
| Genus: | Hymedesmia |
| Species: | H. armigera
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| Binomial name | |
| Hymedesmia armigera Bowerbank, 1882[1]
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Hymedesmia armigera is a species of demosponge in the family Hymedesmiidae.
Distribution
This species was described from Roundstone Bay, Ireland where it was collected by Rev. A.M Norman[1]. It has not been reported since.
Description
This sponge was entangled in a piece of maerl (Phymatolithon calcareum). It has acanthostyles of variable length, 80-260 µm in length, all entirely spined. The skeleton spicules are fusiform tornotes or straight oxea, 210 µm in length and the chelae are 16-20 µm, with small alae and a long, thin, curved shaft.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q3451868 entry
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