Carteriospongia flabellifera
Thin walled horizontal cup or fan with low parallel ridges over surface, and sand heavily incorporated into the surface skeleton. Oscules tiny. Characterised microscopically by vermiform fibres forming columns
Morphology
Thin walled cup with low parallel ridges over 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
Recorded from the Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, also now known from Pilbara and Kimberley.
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Subclass: | Keratosa |
| Order: | Dictyoceratida |
| Family: | Thorectidae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllospongiinae |
| Genus: | Carteriospongia |
| Species: | flabellifera |
| Name Published Year: | 1877 |
|---|---|
| Rank: | species |
| Scientific Name Authorship: | Bowerbank |
| Commercial Impact: | None |
| Conservation Assessment: | Least Concern |
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