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Family Hymedesmiidae

Hymedesmia paupertas

(Bowerbank, 1866)

Encrusting Sponge

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

Range: Northern Atlantic Ocean: British Isles.

Natural Environment: Inhabits crevices and stones in sheltered areas.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home tropical aquarium trade.

Best left in the wild.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Porifera

    Class: Demospongiae

    Subclass: Heteroscleromorpha

    Order: Poecilosclerida

    Family: Hymedesmiidae

    Genus: Hymedesmia

 Hymedesmia paupertas (Encrusting Sponge)
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