Green Scrubby Sponge [Iotrochota baculifera]
Description
The Green Scrubby Sponge is characterized by its firm and irregularly lobate or digitate shape, with a texture similar to a scrub brush. It is generally green to olive green in color. It is found in the western central Atlantic and the Caribbean sea, commonly in shallow waters.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Sponges
Porifera
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Demospongiae
Demospongiae
|
| Order |
Poecilosclerida
Poecilosclerida
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| Family |
Iotrochotidae
Iotrochotidae
|
| Genus |
Iotrochota
Iotrochota
|