Stylissa flabelliformis

Stylissa flabelliformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Halichondrida
Family: Dictyonellidae
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

  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.


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