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Eléphant ear sponge
Spongia agaricina
Distribution: this benthic species is common to all seas, have found up to 100m deep. Description: Its name comes from the appendix that this feature is on both sides of two bulges formed by the main body of the sponge is so reminiscent of elephant butt. This protected by the Barcelona Convention species appears to be in danger in the Mediterranean, this is may be due to a significant rise in water temperature. Housing Part sponges attached to the rock and subject to strong currents (surf zone waves), it is in hemispherical, encrusting, and wider than high. Food: The sponges are separated by an average mesoglea layer or double wall. The double wall is pierced with holes through which the water enters and then exits its punctured oxygen and food particles. |
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Taxonomic classification
| Phylum: | Porifera | Class: | Demospongiae | Sub class: | ********** | To print in "PDF" format | Order: | Dictyoceratida | Sub order: | ¤¤ | Family: | Spongiidae |
| Genus: | Spongia | Species: | agaricina | Descriptor: | Pallas, 1766. |  |