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Ecionemia

Synonyms: Eccionema; Eciomemia; Ecionema; Hezekia; Thalassomora

Wikipedia Abstract

Ecionemia is a genus of sea sponge belonging to the family Ancorinidae. This genus is characterized by a high density of siliceous spicules. Members of this genus are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.
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Species

Ecionemia acervus
Ecionemia alata
Ecionemia arabica
Ecionemia australiensis
Ecionemia baculifera
Ecionemia cinerea
Ecionemia demera
Ecionemia densa
Ecionemia nigra
Ecionemia novaezealandiae
Ecionemia obtusum
Ecionemia spinastra
Ecionemia thielei
Ecionemia walkeri

External References

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