Microciona [Microciona]

Description

Microciona sponges are recognized by their encrusting forms and brightly colored surfaces. They have a dense skeleton of microscleres and megascleres, which provides them with a rigid structure. These sponges are often found in diverse and competitive reef environments.

Species
Yellow Tree Sponge
Yellow Tree Sponge [Microciona tentaculata]
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Taxonomy
Phylum Sponges
Porifera
Class Demospongiae
Demospongiae
Order Poecilosclerida
Poecilosclerida
Family Raspailiidae
Raspailiidae
Statistics
  • Species 1