Atergia villosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Polymastiida |
| Family: | Polymastiidae |
| Genus: | Atergia |
| Species: | A. villosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Atergia villosa ( & Bergquist, 1997)
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Atergia villosa is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is found in rocky deep-sea habitats around the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
This is a round, yellow, velvety-soft sponge up to 3 cm across. It is usually found attached to a scallop shell.
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" (PDF). . 31 (3): 367–402. doi:10.1080/00288330.1997.9516772.[permanent dead link]
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- Sponges of New Zealand
- Animals described in 1997
- Polymastiidae
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