Biology:Dragmacidon lunaecharta

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Short description: Species of sponge

Dragmacidon lunaecharta
Esponja marina (Dragmacidon lunaecharta), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-28, DD 101.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Axinellida
Family: Axinellidae
Genus: Dragmacidon
Species:
D. lunaecharta
Binomial name
Dragmacidon lunaecharta
(Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Synonyms
List
  • Axinella lunaecharta Ridley & Dendy, 1886
  • Pseudaxinella lunaecharta (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

Dragmacidon lunaecharta, also known as the red ball sponge or red boring sponge, is a species of sea sponge found in the western Atlantic Ocean. It feeds on plankton. These sponges do not attach themselves to rocks or the sea floor but drift in water currents. Its main predators are seaslugs. It has been kept in home aquariums.[citation needed]

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1886 by Stuart Oliver Ridley and Arthur Dendy as Axinella lunaecharta,[1][2] but in 1887, in their final report, they transferred it to the genus, Pseudaxinella.[1][3] In 1917, E.F. Hallman revised some genera in the family, Axinellidae, and transferred it to the genus, Dragmacidon.[1][4]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2190916 entry