Haliclona anonyma

Haliclona anonyma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Chalinidae
Genus: Haliclona
Subgenus: Haliclona
Species:
H. anonyma
Binomial name
Haliclona anonyma
(Stephens, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Haliclona anonyma (Stephens, 1915)
  • Siphonochalina anonyma Stephens, 1915

Haliclona anonyma, the turret sponge or tubular fan sponge, is a species of demosponge.[1][2] It is endemic to South Africa,[3] where it occurs between the Cape Peninsula and Sodwana Bay.[2]

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Haliclona (Haliclona) anonyma (Stephens, 1915)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  2. ^ a b Samaai, T. and Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. Afr. Nat. Hist. 1(1):1-96
  3. ^ Atkinson, LJ; Sink, KJ (2018). Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa (PDF). Pretoria: Malachite Marketing and Media.