Plenaster
Genus of sponges
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Plenaster is a monotypic genus of sponges in the family Stelligeridae.[1] Plenaster craigi is the sole species. It lives on rocks on the Pacific Ocean seafloor.[2][3]
| Plenaster | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Axinellida |
| Family: | Stelligeridae |
| Genus: | Plenaster Lim & Wiklund, 2017 |
| Species: | P. craigi |
| Binomial name | |
| Plenaster craigi Lim & Wiklund, 2017 | |
Plenaster craigi have been named after the star like skeletal spicules inside their bodies.[4][5]