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Caulospongia biflabellata

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Caulospongia biflabellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Suberitida
Family: Suberitidae
Genus: Caulospongia
Species:
C. biflabellata
Binomial name
Caulospongia biflabellata
Fromont, 1998
Map
Holotype site[1]

Caulospongia biflabellata, commonly known as the western staircase sponge, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. It is a marine sponge of the temperate waters of Australia (Northwest Cape to Albany, WA).[2]

It was first described by Jane Fromont in 1998, from a specimen collected from Limestone reef flat, Cheyne Beach, Western Australia[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Caulospongia biflabellata". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. ^ Edgar, Graham J. (2008). Australian Marine Life: The plants and animals of temperate waters (Second ed.). Sydney: New Holland. ISBN 9781921517174
  3. ^ Jane Fromont (1998). "Revision of the marine sponge genus Caulospongia Saville Kent, 1871 (Demospongiae: Hadromerida). Part 1. Morphological and skeletal characters" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 19: 65-89 [84]. ISSN 0312-3162. Wikidata Q111049024.