Marine Species: Acasta spongites

(Poli, 1795)

Taxonomy Structure

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Maxillopoda
Order: Sessilia
Family: Balanidae
Genus: Acasta
Species: Acasta spongites

Species Data:

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Common Name: No common name
Description: Cupola-shaped shell. The external surface of the plates has expansions. Rounded base. Tergum with a characteristic shape.
Habitat: It usually lives inside sponges. Infralittoral and depths with circalittoral affinities.
Color: Whitish colour.
Dimensions: About 1 cm high.
Geographical Distribution: Atlantic Ocean

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