Acanthella dendyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Bubarida |
Family: | Dictyonellidae |
Genus: | Acanthella |
Species: | A. dendyi
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Binomial name | |
Acanthella dendyi | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Phakellia dendyi Bergquist, 1970 |
Acanthella dendyi is a marine sessile filter-feeder [2] sponge in the family Dictyonellidae, first described by Patricia Bergquist in 1970 as Phakellia dendyi [1] [3]
In Australian waters it is found from Victorian coastal water, all the way up the east coast to Queensland and then all the way across the northern coasts to the north-west coast of Western Australia, at depths from 8–180 m. [2]