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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Porifera (phylum) » Demospongiae (class) » Dictyoceratida (order) » Spongiidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 10 114016 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Hippospongia elastica Lendenfeld, 1889 |
CAAB category: | 10 - Porifera Sponges |
Distribution map:
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Family: | 10 114 Spongiidae (sponges) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a sponge] | |
Organism Type: | a sponge | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
10 114903
Hippospongia spp. |
Identifiers: |
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Record source and Scientific Name verified against: | Hooper, J.N.A. Wiedenmayer, F., 1994, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Porifera. CSIRO, Melbourne |