Chondrocladia concrescens

Chondrocladia concrescens
1888 illustration by Agassiz
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Suborder: Mycalina
Family: Cladorhizidae
Genus: Chondrocladia
Species: C. concrescens
Binomial name
Chondrocladia concrescens
(Schmidt, 1880)[1]
Synonyms

Cladorhiza concrescens

Chondrocladia concrescens (formerly Cladorhiza concrescens), is a carnivorous sponge in the Cladorhizidae family. It is thought that the object known as the Eltanin Antenna may be an individual of this species.[2] Agassiz described the sponges as having "a long stem ending in ramifying roots, sunk deeply into the mud. The stem has nodes with four to six club-like appendages. They evidently cover like bushes extensive tracts of the bottom."[3]

References

  1. Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R. (2014). R. W. M. Van Soest, N. Boury-Esnault, J. N. A. Hooper, K. Rützler, N. J. de Voogd, B. Alvarez de Glasby, E. Hajdu, A. B. Pisera, R. Manconi, C. Schoenberg, D. Janussen, K. R. Tabachnick, M. Klautau, B. Picton, M. Kelly & J. Vacelet, ed. "Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) concrescens (Schmidt, 1880)". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  2. Heezen, Bruce C.; Hollister, Charles D. (1971). The Face of the Deep. Oxford University Press. p. 35. ISBN 0-19-501277-1.
  3. Agassiz, Alexander (1888). Three cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer "Blake". Houghton Mifflin. p. 177.
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