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Callyspongia crassa

Callyspongia crassa
Callyspongia crassa 3 at Shaab Claudia.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Ceractinomorpha
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Callyspongiidae
Genus: Callyspongia
Species: C. crassa
Binomial name
Callyspongia crassa
Keller, 1889

Callyspongia crassa, commonly known as prickly tube-sponge, is a species of sponge found from the Red Sea to Seychelles. Its wide flexible brown tube with exterior protuberances appears single or clusters and reaches up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in size.



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