Turret sponge

The turret sponge (Haliclona (Haliclona) anonyma) is a species of demosponge.[1][2] It is found around the South African coast, from the Cape Peninsula to Sodwana Bay.[2]

Turret sponge
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Chalinidae
Genus: Haliclona
Subgenus:
Haliclona
Species:
H. (H.) anonyma
Binomial name
Haliclona (Haliclona) anonyma
(Stephens, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Haliclona anonyma (Stephens, 1915)
  • Siphonochalina anonyma Stephens, 1915

Description

The turret sponge grows to about 50 cm across and has turrets of up to 15 cm long. It is a pink to purplish many-turreted sponge, which grows in sheets usually on vertical walls. Its surface is slightly bristly, and its texture is soft and compressible.[2]

Habitat

This sponge lives from the intertidal zone and down to at least 18m underwater.[3]

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References
  1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234295 accessed 25 November 2010
  2. Samaai, T. and Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. Afr. Nat. Hist. 1(1):1-96
  3. Jones, Georgina. A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsula. SURG, Cape Town, 2008. ISBN 978-0-620-41639-9


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