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Porifera name details
original description
Kelly-Borges, M.; Bergquist, P.R. (1988). Sponges from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. <em>Indo-Malayan Zoology.</em> 5: 121-159. page(s): 132-133 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Barnes D.K.A.; Bell, J.J. (2002). Coastal sponge communities of the West Indian Ocean: taxonomic affinities, richness and diversity. <em>African Journal of Ecology.</em> 40: 337-349. note: No description. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) note: No description. [details]
From other sources
Description Multilobed, erect club-shaped sponge, up to 30 cm high and 20 cm wide, often narrower around the base than at central or higher portions of the body. Surface fleshy with low, sharp, soft conules. Internal texture resembles mango flesh. Oscules apical with a delicate membrane. Colour brilliant golden orange. Habitat: shallow fringing reefs and lagoons. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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