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Ecionemia
Sign in to saveEcionemia is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Ancorinidae.
Species
Grey Massive Sponge
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPorifera
- ClassDemospongiae
- OrderTetractinellida
- FamilyAncorinidae
Habitatmarine
Observations211
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 151
- With media
- 26
- Family
- Ancorinidae
- Collections
- NMV, YPM, SAMA, QM, WAM
- Recorded in
- Australia, Jamaica, Federated States Of Micronesia, New Caledonia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ancorinidae
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Ecionemia
- topic's main category
- Category:Ecionemia
- taxon author citation
- Bowerbank, 1864
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Ecionemia is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Ancorinidae.
This genus is characterized by a high density of siliceous spicules. Members of this genus are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.
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