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Plakortis communis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Homoscleromorpha
Order:	Homosclerophorida
Family:	Plakinidae
Genus:	Plakortis
Species:	P. communis
Binomial name
Plakortis communis Muricy, 2011

Plakortis communis is a species of marine sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first described in 2011 by Guilherme Muricy.

Distribution

The holotype was collected off Cartier Island, Western Australia, and the species is found in the IMCRA regions of "Timor Province", "Southwest Shelf Transition", and "Northeast Shelf Province", that is, off the Queensland coast and the North & South-west coasts of Western Australia.

References

1. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Plakortis communis". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
2. Guilherme Muricy (30 June 2010). "Diversity of Indo-Australian Plakortis (Demospongiae: Plakinidae), with description of four new species". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 91 (02): 303–319 . doi:10.1017/S0025315410000743. ISSN 0025-3154. Wikidata Q56044141.

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