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Acanthotetilla celebensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Spirophorida

Genus
  
Acanthotetilla

Higher classification
  
Acanthotetilla

Phylum
  
Porifera

Family
  
Tetillidae

Scientific name
  
Acanthotetilla celebensis

Rank
  
Species

Acanthotetilla celebensis is a species of demosponge belonging to the family Tetillidae. It is only known from a single specimen collected at a depth of 14 m off Bunaken Island, north Sulawesi, Indonesia.

This firm yellow sponge is roughly hemispherical and around 12 cm across. Like other Acanthotetilla species, it is characterized by the presence of distinctive spiny spicules called "megacanthoxeas". This sponge, however, differs from the other described species in that the megacanthoxeas exist in two distinctly different sizes as opposed to being uniform in size.

References

Acanthotetilla celebensis Wikipedia