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Sheepswool Sponge Hippospongia lachne

Classification

Spongiidae [family]
Hippospongia [genus] (1)
lachne [species]

Classification

Spongiidae [family]
Hippospongia [genus] (1)
lachne [species]

Presence

Recorded on Curaçao
Presence status Indigenous (1) - Curaçao

Publications

  • Soest, R.W.M. van 1978. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part 1. Keratosa. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 56: 1-94.
  • Soest, R.W.M. van 1981. A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. Verslagen en Technische Gegevens 31: 1-39.