Acanthopolymastia acanthoxa

Acanthopolymastia acanthoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Polymastiida
Family:	Polymastiidae
Genus:	Acanthopolymastia
Species:	A. acanthoxa
Binomial name
	Acanthopolymastia acanthoxa; (, 1964)
Synonyms
	Atergia acanthoxa Koltun, 1964;

Acanthopolymastia acanthoxa is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is a deep-ocean species found on muddy substrates at depths of over 3000 m in the Ross Sea, Antarctica.

This is a brown cushion-shaped sponge up to 4 cm across with a lateral fringe and a single with a terminal opening.

References[]

Michelle Kelly-Borges & Patricia R. Bergquist (1997). "Revision of Southwest Pacific Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species of Polymastia Bowerbank, Tylexocladus Topsent, and Acanthopolymastia gen. nov. from New Zealand and the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia". . 31 (3): 367–402. doi:10.1080/00288330.1997.9516772.

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