''Caulospongia biflabellata'', commonly known as the western staircase sponge, is a species of
sea sponge
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through t ...
belonging to the family
Suberitidae
Suberitidae is a family of sea sponges belonging to the order Suberitida. Genera
*Suberites
*Homaxinella
*Rhizaxinella
*Caulospongia
*Pseudospongosorites
*Aaptos
...
References
Suberitidae,
Sponge families
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. It is a
marine sponge of the temperate waters of Australia (Northwest Cape to Albany, WA).
[Edgar, Graham J. (2008). Australian Marine Life: The plants and animals of temperate waters (Second ed.). Sydney: New Holland. ]
It was first described by
Jane Fromont
Phyllis Jane Fromont is a New Zealand and Australian scientist specialising in sponges.
Early life and education
Fromont was raised in Whanganui, New Zealand, the youngest of six children. She became interested in marine biology after scuba div ...
in 1998, from a specimen collected from Limestone reef flat,
Cheyne Beach, Western Australia
References
Suberitidae
Sponges of Australia
Taxa named by Jane Fromont
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