By: Vasco Ferreira
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Marine Species: Aplysina aerophoba
Nardo, 1843
Photographed by: Vasco Ferreira
Taxonomy Structure
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Verongida |
| Family: | Aplysinidae |
| Genus: | Aplysina |
| Species: | Aplysina aerophoba |
Species Data:
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| Common Name: | Gold-Sponge, sulphur sponge, yellow tube sponge |
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| Description: | Species that may confuse themselves with A. Cavernicola, but which differs from this, specially for their ecological requirements, because it is a fotofile kind, from infralittoral depths. In A. Aerophoba the towers are tight at the top and its osculum is placed at the bottom of a depression. Its body can present lateral extensions. |
| Color: | Bright yellow tones´sponge, that stays dark when exposed to air. |
| Geographical Distribution: | Atlantic Ocean |
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