Summary ²

Plate-shaped or shallow funnel-shaped sponge, up to 20 cm diameter.

Attaches to rocky substrate by a short tough stalk. Older sponges may have secondary‘petals’ or funnels in the centre of the sponge.COmmon around the southern South Island an ocfcasionally dredged around Taranaki

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Phil Bendle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Phil Bendle
2. (c) tangatawhenua, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• World Register of Marine Species

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