Agelas clathrodes
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| Orange elephant ear sponge, Agelas clathrodes, in foreground. Two corals in the background: a sea fan, Iciligorgia schrammi, and a sea rod, Plexaurella nutans. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Agelasida |
| Family: | Agelasidae |
| Genus: | Agelas |
| Species: | Agelas clathrodes |
Agelas clathrodes, also known as the elephant ear sponge, is a species of sponge that lives in reefs more than 10 metres (33 ft) below the surface of the ocean. The base is between 1.5 and 10 centimetres (0.59 and 3.9 in) thick. Its color is reddish orange.[1] Compounds isolated from this sponge include ageliferin and sceptrin.
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References
- ^ "Agelas clathrodes". Species database. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070630183401/http://striweb.si.edu/bocas_database/details.php?id=1. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
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