Biology:Ircinia spiculosa

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Short description: Species of sponge

Ircinia spiculosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Dictyoceratida
Family: Irciniidae
Genus: Ircinia
Species:
I. spiculosa
Binomial name
Ircinia spiculosa
(Hentschel, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Hircinia spiculosa Hentschel, 1912

Ircinia spiculosa is a marine sponge species in the genus Ircinia.

Tryptophol, a plant auxin, can also be isolated from the marine sponge I. spinulosa.[1]

References

  1. Erdoğan, İlkay; Sener, B; Higa, T (2000). "Tryptophol, a plant auxin isolated from the marine sponge Ircinia spinulosa". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 28 (8): 793–794. doi:10.1016/S0305-1978(99)00111-8. PMID 10856636. 

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