Black stink sponge
Species of sponge
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The black stink sponge (Ircinia arbuscula), is a species of sea sponge in the family Irciniidae.[1] This sponge is known around the Australian coast and around South Africa from the Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Dictyoceratida |
| Family: | Irciniidae |
| Genus: | Ircinia |
| Species: | I. arbuscula |
| Binomial name | |
| Ircinia arbuscula (Hyatt, 1877) | |
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Description
Habitat
This sponge lives on rocky reefs subtidally down to 180m.
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