Agelas gracilis, commonly known as candy cane sponge, is a species of demosponge.[1] It lives primarily in Australian waters. It has a symbiotic relationship with the white zoanthid making red and white polyps.
Agelas gracilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Agelasida |
Family: | Agelasidae |
Genus: | Agelas |
Species: | A. gracilis
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Binomial name | |
Agelas gracilis Whitelegge, 1897
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References
edit- ^ van Soest, R. (2014). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Agelas gracilis Whitelegge, 1897". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
External links
edit- "Agelas gracilis". Marine Invertebrate of the Month. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. July 2010.