| Plenaster | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Axinellida |
| Family: | Stelligeridae |
| Genus: | Plenaster Lim & Wiklund, 2017 |
| Species: | P. craigi
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| Binomial name | |
| Plenaster craigi Lim & Wiklund, 2017
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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 craigi have been named after the star like skeletal spicules inside their bodies.[4][5]
- ^ "Plenaster". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ Lim, Xiaozhi. "New Species of Sponges Found on the Pacific Seafloor". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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