Stylissa flabelliformis

Species of sponge

Stylissa flabelliformis

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Porifera
Class:  | Demospongiae
Order:  | Scopalinida
Family:  | Scopalinidae
Genus:  | Stylissa
Species:  |

S. flabelliformis

Binomial name
Stylissa flabelliformis

(Hentschel, 1912)

Synonyms [1]

* Stylotella flabelliformis Hentschel, 1912

Stylissa flabelliformis, known as the orange fan sponge, is found throughout the tropical oceans. It is usually shaped liked a Japanese fan hence its name. It feeds on plankton. In the wild it prefers to grow on rocky shelves. It is sometime but not often kept by hobby aquarists.

## References

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1. ^ Rob van Soest (2010). R. W. M. Van Soest; N. Boury-Esnault; J. N. A. Hooper; K. Rützler; N. J. de Voogd; B. Alvarez; E. Hajdu; A. B. Pisera; J. Vacelet; R. Manconi; C. Schoenberg; D. Janussen; K. R. Tabachnick; M. Klautau (eds.). "Stylissa flabelliformis (Hentschel, 1912)". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 28, 2011.

## External links

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* Stylissa flabelliformis info

Taxon identifiers

Stylissa flabelliformis|

* Wikidata: Q2218842
* Wikispecies: Stylissa flabelliformis
* AFD: Stylissa_flabelliformis
* CoL: 539LG
* GBIF: 2249276
* IRMNG: 10889899
* NCBI: 237128
* OBIS: 165708
* Open Tree of Life: 610490
* SeaLifeBase: 131310
* WoRMS: 165708

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