Chondrocladia concrescens
| Chondrocladia concrescens | |
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| 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 | |
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Heezen, Bruce C.; Hollister, Charles D. (1971). The Face of the Deep. Oxford University Press. p. 35. ISBN 0-19-501277-1.
- ↑ Agassiz, Alexander (1888). Three cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer "Blake". Houghton Mifflin. p. 177.
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