Ernstia minoricensis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Calcarea |
Order: | Clathrinida |
Family: | Clathrinidae |
Genus: | Ernstia |
Species: | E. minoricensis
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Binomial name | |
Ernstia minoricensis (Lackschewitsch, 1896)
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Ernstia minoricensis is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Clathrinidae found in Spain. The species is named after the island of Menorca, where the type specimen was discovered.
Description
[edit]Triactines and tetractines are regular (equiangular and equiradiate) and are the same size. The actines are 7–10 times longer than they are thick, with slender tapers. The apical actines of the tetractines are straight and 3–4 times thinner than the triacines.[1]
References
[edit]World Register of Marine Species entry
- ^ Lackschewitz, Paul (1886). "Über die Kalkschwämme Menorcas". Zoologische Jahrbücher. 1: 297–310.