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Atergia villosa

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Species of sponge

Atergia villosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Polymastiida
Family: Polymastiidae
Genus: Atergia
Species: A. villosa
Binomial name
Atergia villosa
(Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997)
Synonyms
  • Tylexocladus villosus Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997

Atergia villosa is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is found in rocky deep-sea habitats around the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

This is a round, yellow, velvety-soft sponge up to 3 cm across. It is usually found attached to a scallop shell.

References

  1. ^ Michelle Kelly-Borges; Patricia R. Bergquist (September 1997). "Revision of Southwest Pacific Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species of Polymastia Bowerbank, Tylexocladus Topsent, and Acanthopolymastia gen. nov. from New Zealand and the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 31 (3): 367–402. doi:10.1080/00288330.1997.9516772. ISSN 0028-8330. Wikidata Q55885986.
Taxon identifiers
Atergia villosa
Tylexocladus villosus


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