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词条 Turret sponge
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  1. Description

  2. Habitat

  3. References

{{Speciesbox
| image = Starfish on sponge at Sandy Cove DSC09670.JPG
| genus = Haliclona
| subgenus = Haliclona
| species = (Haliclona) anonyma
| authority = (Stephens, 1915)
| synonyms =
  • Haliclona anonyma (Stephens, 1915)
  • Siphonochalina anonyma Stephens, 1915

}}

The turret sponge (Haliclona (Haliclona) anonyma) is a species of demosponge.[1][2] It is found around the South African coast, from the Cape Peninsula to Sodwana Bay.[2]

Description

The turret sponge grows to about 50 cm across and has turrets of up to 15 cm long. It is a pink to purplish many-turreted sponge, which grows in sheets usually on vertical walls. Its surface is slightly bristly, and its texture is soft and compressible.[2]

Habitat

This sponge lives from the intertidal zone and down to at least 18m underwater.[3]

References

1. ^http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234295 accessed 25 November 2010
2. ^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
3. ^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 : Haplosclerida|Sponges described in 1915

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