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.
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Subclass: | Keratosa |
| Order: | Dictyoceratida |
| Family: | Thorectidae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllospongiinae |
| Genus: | Carteriospongia |
| Species: | foliascens |
| Name Published Year: | 1766 |
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| Rank: | species |
| Scientific Name Authorship: | Pallas |
| Commercial Impact: | None |
| Conservation Assessment: | Least Concern |
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