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Porifera name details
original description
(of Acanthella cavernosa Dendy, 1922) Dendy, A. (1922). Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S.'Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 7. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 18 (1): 1-164, pls 1-18. page(s): 120-121 [details]
source of synonymy
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) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Small rounded bush up to 10 cm high, 8 cm wide. Oblong in outline, or with several lobes, attached to substrate by a short stalk. Interior very cavernous; surface with soft multiple conules of even height. Body compressible; colour bright orange. Habitat: fringing reef slopes. Distribution: SE Asia (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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