Axoniderma poritea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Poecilosclerida |
Family: | Cladorhizidae |
Genus: | Axoniderma |
Species: | A. poritea
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Binomial name | |
Axoniderma poritea (Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020)
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Axoniderma poritea is a species of demosponge in the family Cladorhizidae.[1] It is known from type specimens found on the east coast of Australia.[2]
The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn), "wheel", and δέρμα (dérma), "skin".[3] The specific epithet was given due to the fact that, when looked at from above, the shape of the species' pseudoamphiasters resemble the corallites of the genus of coral Porites.[2]