Kingdom Animalia Family Trachycladidae Phylum Porifera Order Hadromerida | Class Demospongiae Genus Trachycladus Rank Species | |
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Scientific name Trachycladus spinispirulifer | ||
The orange wall sponge, Trachycladus spinispirulifer, is a species of demosponge belonging to the order Hadromerida. It is found in the south Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. Around the South African coast, it is known from the Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas.
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Description
The orange wall sponge may grow to 20 cm thick and up to 2m in length. It is a very large firm orange-skinned sponge with a yellow interior. It grows as a wall and does not show obvious oscula.
Habitat
This sponge lives on rocky reefs in 5-350m of water.
References
Orange wall sponge Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA