Carteriospongia foliascens in situ (Photo: Oliver Gomez)

Carteriospongia foliascens

Thin walled horizontal cup or fan with verrucose surface and sand heavily incorporated into the surface skeleton. Oscules small, visible, may be raised above surface. Characterised microscopically by vermiform fibres.

Morphology

Thin walled cup with ridged patterned surface and short basal stalk/s.

Behaviour

Sessile filter feeder with cyanobacterial symbionts.

Method of reproduction

Sexual with larvae.

Habitat

Marine

Found in shallow, tropical coastal waters.

Distribution

Widespread Indo Pacific. WA: Kimberley from Buccaneer Archipelago to Ashmore Reef.

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Keratosa
Order: Dictyoceratida
Family: Thorectidae
Subfamily: Phyllospongiinae
Genus: Carteriospongia
Species: foliascens
Name Published Year: 1766
Rank: species
Scientific Name Authorship: Pallas
Commercial Impact: 

None

Conservation Assessment: Least Concern

Net Conservation Benefits Fund

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