Red encrusting sponge
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The red encrusting sponge (Clathria oudekraalensis) is a species of sea sponge.[1] It is known only from the South African coast, on both sides of the Cape Peninsula. It is endemic to this region.[1]
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Red encrusting sponge | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Poecilosclerida |
Family: | Microcionidae |
Genus: | Clathria |
Subgenus: | Isociella |
Species: | C. oudekraalensis |
Binomial name | |
Clathria oudekraalensis Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 | |
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