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词条 Red encrusting sponge
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  1. Description

  2. Habitat

  3. References

{{Taxobox
| name = red encrusting sponge
| image =
| image_width = 200px
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Porifera
| classis = Demospongiae
| subclassis =
| ordo = Poecilosclerida
| subordo = Microcionina
| familia = Microcionidae
| subfamilia = Microcioninae
| genus = Clathria
| subgenus = Clathria (Isociella)
| species = C. oudekraalensis
| binomial = Clathria (Isociella) oudekraalensis
| binomial_authority = Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
}}

The red encrusting sponge, Clathria (Isociella) oudekraalensis, is a species of demosponge.[1] It is known only from the South African coast, on both sides of the Cape Peninsula. It is endemic to this region.[1]

Description

The red encrusting sponge grows to about 1 cm in thickness and up to 30 cm wide. It is a bright red encrusting sponge. Its surface is smooth and the oscula are not visible.[1][2]

Habitat

This sponge lives on rocky reefs in 6-24m of water.[2]

References

1. ^Samaai, T. and Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. Afr. Nat. Hist. 1(1):1-96
2. ^Jones, Georgina. A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsula. SURG, Cape Town, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-620-41639-9}}
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2 : Poecilosclerida|Animals described in 2005

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