Little bush sponge
Phakettia euctimena
Orange or beige coloured fan shaped or bushy sponge.
Morphology
Fan-shaped, bushy, or with single or multiple erect digits, branches or tubes, projecting from a common broad base with sides partially fused. Projections slightly flattened, bulbous, or pointed.
Behaviour
Sessile; Filter feeder
Habitat
Marine
Distribution
Aru Island, Indonesia, Sahul Shelf (Bonaparte and Arnhem Coasts to Gulf of Carpentaria), Northwest Australian shelf (Exmouth to Broome) and the Eastern Coral Triangle (Southeast Papua New Guinea) provinces.
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Subclass: | Heteroscleromorpha |
| Order: | Bubarida |
| Family: | Dictyonellidae |
| Genus: | Phakettia |
| Species: | euctimena |
| Name Published Year: | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name Authorship: | Hentschel |
| Commercial Impact: | None |
| Conservation Assessment: | Least Concern |
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Western Australian Museum Collections https://museum.wa.gov.au/online-collections/names/phakettia-euctimena
Accessed 3 Sep 2023
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