Axinella NG3
Light orange to red colour alive. Stalked fan, cup or branches with short thick stalk. < 1mm “stellate” oscules dense over one surface, faint patterning from underlying skeleton on other surface, microscopically porous. Both surfaces smooth. Fan is soft compressible, springy, stalk is incompressible. Characterised by only having oxeas, occasionally styles, no microscleres.
Morphology
Erect stalked cup, fan or branching sponge, morphology variable but oscules usually, but not exclusively, stellate.
Behaviour
Sessile filter feeder.
Method of reproduction
Sexual with larvae.
Habitat
Marine
WA: 3-123.0 metres.
Distribution
Widespread WA from southwest near Augusta to Cape Leveque in southern Kimberley.
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Subclass: | Heteroscleromorpha |
| Order: | Axinellida |
| Family: | Axinellidae |
| Genus: | Axinella |
| Species: | NG3 |
| Rank: | species |
|---|---|
| Commercial Impact: | None |
| Conservation Assessment: | Least Concern |
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Accessed 30 Aug 2024
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