Animalia > Porifera > Demospongiae > Tetractinellida > Geodiidae > Pachymatisma > Pachymatisma johnstonia

Pachymatisma johnstonia

Synonyms: Caminus osculosus; Halichondria johnstonia; Pachymatisma johnstoni

Wikipedia Abstract

Pachymatisma johnstonia is a species of demosponge belonging to the family Geodiidae. A species of north east Atlantic coasts, this is a usually grey encrusting sponge with large prominent oscula and a pale yellow interior. The size and form depends largely on the extent of its exposure to waves. In heavily wave-exposed locations, it is usually small and thin but in more sheltered places can grow to over 50 cm across and 15 cm thick.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0