Dysidea arenaria

Dysidea arenaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Dictyoceratida
Family:	Dysideidae
Genus:	Dysidea
Species:	D. arenaria
Binomial name
	Dysidea arenaria; Bergquist, 1965

Dysidea arenaria is a species of marine sponge (poriferan) found in the Pacific Ocean.^[1] It is a member of the order Dictyoceratida, one of two sponge orders that make up the keratose or "horny" sponges in which a mineral skeleton is absent and a skeleton of organic fibers is present instead.^[2]

^ de Vogod, N. (2015). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Dysidea arenaria Bergquist, 1965". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
^ Erpenbeck, D; Sutcliffe, P; Cook Sde, C; Dietzel, A; Maldonado, M; van Soest, RW; Hooper, JN; Wörheide, G (June 2012). "Horny sponges and their affairs: on the phylogenetic relationships of keratose sponges". Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 63 (3): 809–16. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.024. PMID 22406528.

[da_worms-1] Vogod, N. (2015). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Dysidea arenaria Bergquist, 1965". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

[2] Erpenbeck, D; Sutcliffe, P; Cook Sde, C; Dietzel, A; Maldonado, M; van Soest, RW; Hooper, JN; Wörheide, G (June 2012). "Horny sponges and their affairs: on the phylogenetic relationships of keratose sponges". Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 63 (3): 809–16. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.024. PMID 22406528.

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